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What: Muslim Friday Prayers at Washington National Cathedral
When: Friday, November 14, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
When: Friday, November 14, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Who:
The Rev. Canon Gina Campbell, director of liturgy for Washington National Cathedral
South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
All Dulles Area Muslim Society
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Islamic Society of North America
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Masjid Muhammad, The Nation’s Mosque
South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
All Dulles Area Muslim Society
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Islamic Society of North America
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Masjid Muhammad, The Nation’s Mosque
The latest opportunity grew out of a trusted relationship between the Cathedral’s liturgical director, the Rev. Canon Gina Campbell, and South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, who met while planning the national memorial service for Nelson Mandela.
Rasool, who is also an Islamic religious thinker and leader, brought together Muslim leaders from the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS), Masjid Muhammad (the Nation’s Mosque), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) for this repugnant event.
“This is a dramatic moment in the world and in Muslim-Christian relations,” said Rasool. “This needs to be a world in which all are free to believe and practice and in which we avoid bigotry, Islamophobia, racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Christianity and to embrace our humanity and to embrace faith.”
Muslim Prayers at Washington National Cathedral
SEE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-a-first-washington-national-cathedral-to-host-regular-friday-muslim-prayer/2014/11/10/53d3425e-6916-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html ;
EXCERPT: "The cathedral, part of the Episcopal Church, has long held high-profile interfaith events, and some mosques hold services in synagogues or churches if they need overflow space. But organizers said Monday that they are seeking to make a statement by having Muslim leaders come and hold their midday service in such a visible Christian house of worship."
The Beast : The Muslim Brotherhood
worship Allah In DC’s National Cathedral
(Nov 15, 2014):
CHRISTIAN COUPLE BURNED ALIVE IN PAKISTAN FOR “BLASPHEMY”
(Friday Church News Notes, November 14, 2014, www.wayoflife.org,fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “Christian Couple Burnt Alive,” Pakistan Christian Post, Nov. 7, 2014: “A pregnant Christian woman named Shama Bibi and her husband Shahzad Masih were burnt alive in a brick kiln by a Muslim mob on allegations of blasphemy at 7:00 am here [Kasur, Punjab] today. Shahzad Masih, aged 36, along with his wife and four children were working as brick kiln workers in Chack number 59, near Kot RadaKishan, in Kasur district of Punjab province of Pakistan after migrating from his native village. On the early morning of November 4, 2014, the mosque loudspeakers of five surrounding villages were used to call Muslims together and to teach a lesson to a blasphemer Christian couple who were alleged of burning pages of Quran by one brick kiln factory Muslim employee. The Muslim mob tortured Shahzad Masih and his wife Shama Bibi and threw them on looming flames of brick kiln factory until they were burned alive. When the Christian couple was burning and crying of their innocence, the Muslim mob was shouting ‘Allah hu Akbar,’ ‘death to blasphemer,’ ‘kill infidel Christians.’ Christian residents of five villages near Chack Number 59 fled away from their homes to save their lives. According to information, police reached on scene from nearby Police check post but turned their eyes and made no attempt to save the Christian couple from burning alive.” [Pakistani police have since arrested 43 people believed to have participated in the murder.]
