Imam Moujahed Bakhach Cancels Muslim Rodeo Prayer After Backlash
A Muslim imam who was scheduled to say a prayer at a Texas rodeo today has canceled after online backlash to a similar blessing last week.
Imam Moujahed Bakhach of the Islamic Association of Tarrant County delivered the blessing at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on Jan. 25 as part of a program in which members of different faiths offer prayers before rodeo events.
Bakhach told the Dallas Morning News there was “a beautiful spirit” at the Will Rogers Coliseum when he delivered the blessing for the safety of the human performers, audience and cattle.
He also called for world peace, spoke entirely in English and made no mention of Allah, the rodeo wrote on its Facebook page.
Rodeo announcer Bob Tallman, known for giving the event a Christian tone, said Bakhach “did a wonderful job," according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
But since then, online anger directed at the rodeo for inviting a Muslim to deliver the prayer prompted Bakhach to cancel the blessing scheduled for Feb. 2.
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Imam blesses Texas rodeo, don't end well
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What I find offensive is not that there was a Muslim blessing at this rodeo but that there was any blessing at all. I mean, seriously, you need a fucking blessing before a rodeo? 
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Rodeo's and christian hicks seem to me to go together. Strange idea having a muslim do a prayer.
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Agreed. What's the world coming to when you can't mistreat some animals without having someone preach their voodoo beforehand?tattuchu wrote:What I find offensive is not that there was a Muslim blessing at this rodeo but that there was any blessing at all. I mean, seriously, you need a fucking blessing before a rodeo?
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A blessing by a buddhist would be stranger still...
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Re: Imam blesses Texas rodeo, don't end well
We bless this ro ... WAIT! WHAT DID YOU SAY IT'S ABOUT?JimC wrote:A blessing by a buddhist would be stranger still...
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Re: Imam blesses Texas rodeo, don't end well
tattuchu wrote:What I find offensive is not that there was a Muslim blessing at this rodeo but that there was any blessing at all. I mean, seriously, you need a fucking blessing before a rodeo?
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