{"id":1061,"date":"2015-06-13T03:38:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T03:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1061-muslims-kicked-out-of-empire-state-building-for-performing-prayer\/"},"modified":"2015-06-13T03:38:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T03:38:27","slug":"muslims-kicked-out-of-empire-state-building-for-performing-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1061-muslims-kicked-out-of-empire-state-building-for-performing-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims kicked out of Empire State building for performing prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;\">A Muslim family from Long Island who was booted from the Empire State Building\u2019s observation deck<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">A Muslim family from Long Island who were booted from the Empire State Building\u2019s observation deck because they were praying has settled their lawsuit for an undisclosed sum, the Post has reported.<\/p>\n<p> Fahad and Amina Tirmizi had said in their federal lawsuit that they and their two young children had begun silently reciting their prayers in a quiet spot on the 86th-floor deck at about 11 p.m. July 2, 2013, when two security guards roughly intervened.<\/p>\n<p> The Farmingville couple was seeking $5 million in damages in the suit, filed last year in Manhattan federal court.<\/p>\n<p> Although Amina briefly prayed with no hassle, a guard confronted Fahad and \u201cmenacingly poked\u201d him as he told him he was not allowed to pray on the deck, the suit said.<\/p>\n<p> Another guard arrived and told the family that they had to get out and \u201cforcibly escorted\u201d them down to the lobby and out of the building.<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Muslim family from Long Island who was booted from the Empire State Building\u2019s observation deck \u00a0 A Muslim family from Long Island who were booted from the Empire State Building\u2019s observation deck because they were praying has settled their lawsuit for an undisclosed sum, the Post has reported. 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