Update: Muslim Fans Profiled at Football Game Educate Americans About Islam

November 2, 2005

Source: Reuters

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-11-02T203554Z_01_SIB274111_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-MUSLIMS.xml

On November 2, 2005 Reuters reported, "Five Muslims who were detained after praying at an American football game want to turn the incident into a tool to teach Americans about Islam.

While at a New York Giants against New Orleans Saints game at Giants Stadium on September 19, the New Jersey residents were removed from their seats and questioned by FBI agents after other fans saw them bow to the ground as part of the five-daily Muslim prayers... The FBI said the men were questioned because they congregated near an air duct at the stadium, not because they were praying. But the men dismissed that explanation... The fans said they would like to turn the incident into an opportunity to teach Americans about Islamic traditions.

They teamed up with the Council on American-Islamic Relations and invited anybody interested to join them in celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan along with thousands of worshipers in New Jersey on Thursday or Friday."