>My kids would not be on such a team. Period.
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>William, you know that I have strong issues with Islam.
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>OK, that's your choice. But just to play devil's advocate - let's say my daughter winds up playing soccer. She's on a team where many of the other girls and even the coach were Islamic. If they did a voluntary prayer before every game and praised Allah, my daughter (unless for some bizarre reason she turns to Islam, which I rather doubt) would quite likely just stand to the side and wait, and then "play ball". If that's all there was to it, I don't think I'd have any objection. (If it went beyond that, if it led to degradation/manipulation, then I think we're all against it).


If there was something voluntary that my son did not wish to participate in, he would not have to participate. No problem.

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>Since we are talking about sports, I think it all boils down to whether these situations promote (or discourage) the good things about sports: fair play, sportsmanship, competition, building character. I've known coaches who brought out the best in these (with and without prayer), and others who brought out the worst in them.
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>My wife (who is Jewish) quit playing active sports in her teens because she was told by the mother of a volleyball teammate that she would burn in hell. So Christians can be nasty as well.

Agreed.