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Our faith is about substance more than symbolism, and here the substance is the havoc that is wreaked on the lives of people who fall into gambling addictions.River North Group Wants Bally's Casino To Scrap Riverfront Music Venue For A Public Park Close

But ultimately, it’s the gambling culture that hurts families that offends me as a Muslim, more than that this is happening in this particular building.

“I think if the inscriptions can be covered in a respectful manner during the period of the casino’s operation, that would be ideal. “I’ve received hundreds of emails and calls about it,” Rehab said. It’s not something Muslims do it’s something in our faith considered against our values.” Gambling is something Muslims consider to be predatory because mostly it’s poorer folks that suffer, losing their hard-earned money for the prospect of hitting something big, which hardly ever happens. “They’re not from the holy scriptures they’re from Arabic texts, and I believe the meaning of them is ‘There is no winning without God.’ So ironically, it’s an interesting reminder. “I don’t believe these inscriptions are Quranic,” he continued. “That’s going to be impossible in my opinion because it’s a historic landmark building, and I believe this casino is temporary,” Rehab said. So, should the inscriptions be removed? I asked. A lot of people consider gambling to be antithetical to religious values.” I called CAIR-Chicago to ask about this here’s what executive director Ahmed Rehab said: “This was never a mosque, but it’s a place with Islamic inscriptions on a building in the style of Islamic cultural design. But Medinah Temple has never been a religious facility or a sacred space.

A casino in a former mosque could be sacrilege. Meanwhile, news of the casino opening drew some backlash abroad, where the name “Medinah Temple” has been taken by some to mean a religious facility.

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