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Post by confuzzled dude Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:20 pm

In a carpeted corner of the National Cathedral, several hundred Muslim worshippers and other invited guests gathered Friday afternoon for a first-ever recitation of weekly Muslim prayers at the iconic Christian church, and to hear leaders of both faiths call for religious unity in the face of extremist violence and hate.

The Arabic call to prayer echoed among the vaulted stone arches and died away, followed by an impassioned sermon from Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., who is a Muslim scholar. Rasool called on Muslims, Christians and others to come together and make “common cause” in the fight against extremists who appropriate Islam.

“We come to this cathedral with sensitivity and humility, but keenly aware that is is not a time for platitudes, because mischief is threatening the world,” Rasool said. “The challenge for us today is to reconstitute a middle ground of good people. . . Whose very existence threatens extremism.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2014/11/14/40c49d06-6c41-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html

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