[WashingtonPost] Washington National Cathedral, known for presidential funerals and other major spiritual services, will host a Moslem prayer service for the first time Friday.
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 Moslem leaders come and hold their midday service in such a visible Christian house of worship.
"We want the world to see the Christian community is partnering with us and is supporting our religious freedom in the same way we are calling for religious freedom for all minorities in Moslem countries," said Rizwan Jaka, a front man with the prominent ADAMS mosque in Sterling, Va.,
| You are? How is it that we have never noticed, when we look for examples of moderate Muslims to trumpet? |
one of the co-sponsors of Friday's service. "Let this be a lesson to the world."
| But deeper in the article we are informed as follows: |
The event is being co-sponsored by the cathedral, Rasool and several Moslem spiritual and advocacy groups: ADAMS -- whose full name is the All Dulles Area Moslem Society -- the Council on American Islamic Relations,
| ...who no doubt see this as another act of soft jihad... |
the Islamic Society of North America,
| ...CAIR with a false nose and fake mustache... |
Moslem Public Affairs Council
| I wonder if a quick google with the right words would reveal they are also connected to CAIR? |
and Masjid Muhammad mosque in Northwest Washington.
Jaka noted that three of ADAMS's 22 weekly services are held at two synagogues and a church ADAMS is hosting a fundraiser for Christian religious freedom in Pakistain,
| ...a pointless, if well-intentioned endeavour.. |
. and it regularly hosts non-Moslem speakers.
| Very open minded and moderate of them, especially compared to the company they keep. |
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