In response to your article "University chapels to be renovated" (Forum, Sept. 15): It seems to me that just as the University paved the way for multireligiosity in the '50s, the time has come for Brandeis, as the first Jewish-sponsored, nonsectarian University, to show the way by building a brand-new mosque for those who regard Islam as their focus, regardless of the number of users. In the '50s, the vast bulk of users of the Catholic chapel were the members of the recruited football team! If we no longer actively recruit a more diverse student body, perhaps we should. It would be a wonderful way of showing the world that we still believe in religious equality as well as religious freedom.

Vice President for Capital Projects Daniel Feldman and University President Jehuda Reinharz ought to see the need and instead of financing rehabs and make-dos, find the funds to build the fourth chapel. It can be financed in much the same way as most other institutions do-by issuance of bonds. America financed the construction of Israel through bonds. It was a good idea back then. It still is right now. And on a local level makes a great PR as well.

-Ed Hamada '59