Muslims to Offer Jumaa Prayers at Washington’s National Cathedral
Ivan Mugisha
While the national cathedral has hosted interfaith gatherings in the past, the Islamic Jumaa prayers to be presented this Friday at the historic Episcopalian site will be the first of its kind. According to reports, the idea for the invitation originated during the planning stage for the memorial service for African apartheid leader Nelson Mandela as talks between the cathedral’s liturgical director, Gina Campbell, and South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool took place.
The cathedral states that the goal of the event is to facilitate greater acceptance between Christians and Muslims, calling the Islamic Jumaa prayers at the house of worship a “powerful symbolic gesture.”
“Leaders believe offering Muslim prayers at the Christian cathedral shows more than hospitality,” representatives for the National Cathedral wrote in a press release about the matter. “It demonstrates an appreciation of one another’s prayer traditions and is a powerful symbolic gesture toward a deeper relationship between the two Abrahamic traditions.”
“This is a dramatic moment in the world and in Muslim-Christian relations,” Rasool added. “This needs to be a world in which all are free to believe and practice and in which we avoid bigotry, Islamaphobia, racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Christianity and to embrace our humanity and to embrace faith.”
In addition to Campbell and Rasool, Masjid Muhammad of The Nation’s Mosque, representatives from the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islamic Society of North America and Muslim Public Affairs Council are all expected to be in attendance. The event is also facilitated so that Muslims will face Mecca during the Jumaa prayers.
Washington’s National Cathedral has traditionally been recognized as the cathedral of the presidents, being used for inaugural-based prayer services for the past 106 years. It has also hosted the funeral services for Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Dwight Eisenhower, and was dubbed the “National House of Prayer” by the U.S. Congress.
As previously reported, last year, over two thousand people joined Barack Obama and Joseph Biden for an interfaith service surrounding the president’s re-inauguration. The service included a variety of guests from a number of religions, who presented Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Sikh and Jewish prayers for Obama.
The National Cathedral has also raised concern in recent years over its acceptance of homosexual “marriage.” As previously reported, last year, the facility announced that it would be among the first Episcopal congregations to change its policies to allow same-sex “weddings” to be held at the site. The cathedral also pealed its bells last June in celebration of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Last October, Dean Gary Hall insinuated that it was a sin to oppose homosexuality during a tribute to the homosexual youth at the National Cathedral, and a commemoration of the death of Matthew Shepherd, whose slaying sparked the passage of the federal “hate crimes” bill signed into law by Barack Obama in 2009.
“We must now have the courage to take the final step and call homophobia and heterosexism what they are. They are sin,” Hall claimed. “Homophobia is a sin. Heterosexism is a sin. Shaming people for whom they love is a sin.”
Ivan Mugisha
Worship Only Jesus Christ': Woman Ejected From Muslim Prayer Gathering at National Cathedral
WASHINGTON – A woman who proclaimed the name of Jesus Christ during the first-ever Islamic Jumaa prayer gathering at Washington’s National Cathedral was ejected from the building on Friday.“Jesus Christ died on that cross over there,” the unidentified woman declared as she stood in the front of the room. “He is the reason why we are to worship only Him. Jesus Christ is our lord and savior!”
A man nearby immediately approached her and attempted to reach for her arm, but she pulled away.
“We have built, and allowed you here in mosques across this country,” she continued. “Why can’t you worship in your mosque, and leave our churches alone?”
nother man approached as she was speaking and began to escort her out.According to reports, the woman made the declaration immediately following the opening announcements that commenced this afternoon.
As previously reported, while the national cathedral has hosted interfaith gatherings in the past, the Islamic Jumaa prayers presented today at the historic Episcopalian site were the first of its kind. The idea for the invitation originated during the planning stage for the memorial service for African apartheid leader Nelson Mandela as talks between the cathedral’s liturgical director, Gina Campbell, and South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool took place.
The cathedral stated earlier this week that the goal of the event is to facilitate greater acceptance between Christians and Muslims, calling the Islamic Jumaa prayers at the house of worship a “powerful symbolic gesture.”
“Leaders believe offering Muslim prayers at the Christian cathedral shows more than hospitality,” representatives for the National Cathedral wrote in a press release about the matter. “It demonstrates an appreciation of one another’s prayer traditions and is a powerful symbolic gesture toward a deeper relationship between the two Abrahamic traditions.”
“This is a dramatic moment in the world and in Muslim-Christian relations,” Rasool added. “This needs to be a world in which all are free to believe and practice and in which we avoid bigotry, Islamaphobia, racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Christianity and to embrace our humanity and to embrace faith.”
In addition to Campbell and Rasool, Masjid Muhammad of The Nation’s Mosque, representatives from the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islamic Society of North America and Muslim Public Affairs Council were all in attendance. The event was also facilitated so that Muslims would face Mecca during the Jumaa prayers.
Washington’s National Cathedral has traditionally been recognized as the cathedral of the presidents, being used for inaugural-based prayer services for the past 106 years. It has also hosted the funeral services for Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Dwight Eisenhower, and was dubbed the “National House of Prayer” by the U.S. Congress.
As previously reported, last year, over two thousand people joined Barack Obama and Joseph Biden for an interfaith service surrounding the president’s re-inauguration. The service included a variety of guests from a number of religions, who presented Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Sikh and Jewish prayers for Obama.
Leaders of the National Cathedral have also come out in support of same-sex “marriage,” and have opened the facility to be used for “gay marriages.”
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Ephraim Bihaliro
Dear brother Jean Marie,
Thank God that you are still praising and thankful for the Lord. Thank you for updating us about yourself and your beloved wife we hadn't heard from since you left. We keep your family in prayers. See you soon when you come to Kigali.
We wish you God's blessing and protection.
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Tushabe Joy
Imana Ishimwe cyane kumva amakuru yanyu. Dushimye Imana cyane kuko nubwo mwakomeje kugira ibibazo twari dukeneye kumenya amakuru yanyu. Dukomeje gusenga kandi ibihe byose Imana ihora ari nziza!!
Psalm 138:8 'The Lord will work out His plans for my life - for Your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.'
Twizeye ko tuzakubona vuba.
Imana ikomeze kubitaho.
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Praise the Lord brethren. I
hope you are ok. so,
Turabakumbuye
cyane. Gusa ndisegura ko tutababwiye ku gihe ibyurugendo
rwacu, murugendo habamo byinshi umuntu atarondora,
twatinze mu nzira ho gato ariko twagezeyo amahoro.
Twahugiye muri rwinshi cyane ko umuntu apanga gahunda ze
Imana nayo ikagira uko ipanga. Twagezeyo badufata ibindi
bizami haza kuboneka n'ubundi burwayi butari bwitezwe
bugomba kuvurwa uko byagenda kose. Byabaye ngombwa rero
ko akorerwa operation
hanyumaashyirwa ku miti y'ubwo burwayi bundi
bamusanzemo. Ntabwo biba byoroshye ariko ngo "itera
amapfa ninayo itanga aho bahahira", hamwe
n'amasengesho yanyu Imana yishakiye igitambo nkuko
yabigenjereje Aburahamu.
Ubu
rero ameze neza akomeje imiti kandi ndabona arimo afata
agatege, ashobora gusigara akurikiranwa nkagera i kigali
kuko ndabona ari ngombwa.
Ndabashimiye
kandi nizeye kuzababona muri amahoro nibura after
2weeks.Umwami Yesu abane namwe.
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Offer Jumaa Prayers at Washington’s National Cathedral
Dear Mugisha,
Thanks 4 this update.
I think this is no surprise as we have been learning this
was very expected and am sure more is coming to fulfill the
prophecy. The New World Order is being implemented
slowly.
Let us continue praying.
Have a nice day.
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from Yahoo Mail on Android
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