Facing Towards Mecca: Episcopal Cathedral Confronts "Islamophobia"
Facing Towards Mecca: Episcopal Cathedral Confronts "Islamophobia"
By Jeff Walton
http://www.theird.org/
May 19, 2011
The following is one of two articles about the "I Am My Brother's Keeper: Confronting Islamophobia" conference in Seattle.
The call to sunset prayer issued by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf echoed through the room, and worshippers came forward - some in Muslim garb, others in western clothing. Removing their shoes and kneeling to face Mecca, the worshippers uttered prayers from the Qur'an, led by the controversial cleric known for his plan to build an Islamic center near the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan.
Yet this Muslim prayer observance took place not in a mosque, but in the sanctuary of St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Jeff Walton
http://www.theird.org/
May 19, 2011
The following is one of two articles about the "I Am My Brother's Keeper: Confronting Islamophobia" conference in Seattle.
Yet this Muslim prayer observance took place not in a mosque, but in the sanctuary of St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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