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packman

(16,296 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:35 AM Nov 2014

And no heads exploded

"On Friday, the the Washington National Cathedral was filled with the sounds of Muslim prayers.

Muslims and people of other religious traditions have participated in Christian or Interfaith services at the Cathedral in the past. However, the November 14 event marks the first time American Muslims have been invited to lead their own traditional Jummah prayer inside the same sacred space that has hosted presidential funerals and other national religious services."

No heads except Hannity's and O'really who ranted and railed about this - you know, the war on Christmas shtick he does every year.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/11/national-cathedral-muslim-prayer_n_6136222.html

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And no heads exploded (Original Post) packman Nov 2014 OP

The Cathedral is the mother church for the Episcopal Church and we are committed to interfaith hrmjustin Nov 2014 #1

Wonderful...n/t monmouth4 Nov 2014 #2

My sister can't figure out why I've joined the Episcopal Church - hedgehog Nov 2014 #5

Same here. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #7

Heh, a lot of early Anglicans said the same thing back in the 1500s! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #8

Picturing Rand Paul ridding the place of demons by swinging a thurible full of weed. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #3

LMFAO! hrmjustin Nov 2014 #6

There was Muslim representation at the interfaith service after 9/11 LeftInTX Nov 2014 #4

Yep, this intense Islamophobia seems to have only taken off in the late 00s Odin2005 Nov 2014 #9

Well, a few heads: Orsino Nov 2014 #10

Cue Bryan Fischer and the Christian outrage machine in 3...2...1... Initech Nov 2014 #11

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

1. The Cathedral is the mother church for the Episcopal Church and we are committed to interfaith

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:37 AM

Nov 2014

dialog.

Good for Bishop Budd and Dean Hall for doing this.

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)

2. Wonderful...n/t

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 12:05 PM

Nov 2014

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

5. My sister can't figure out why I've joined the Episcopal Church -

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 04:03 PM

Nov 2014

I keep telling her, it's the only way I could remain a Catholic!

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

7. Same here.

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 04:10 PM

Nov 2014

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

8. Heh, a lot of early Anglicans said the same thing back in the 1500s!

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 06:20 PM

Nov 2014

A metric shit-ton of people were disgusted by the Renaissance Papacy.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

3. Picturing Rand Paul ridding the place of demons by swinging a thurible full of weed.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 02:41 PM

Nov 2014

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

6. LMFAO!

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 04:10 PM

Nov 2014

As a thurifer myself I just love this comment.

LeftInTX

(25,383 posts)

4. There was Muslim representation at the interfaith service after 9/11

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 03:57 PM

Nov 2014

Bush was there along with an Imam. Fox News didn't explode.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

9. Yep, this intense Islamophobia seems to have only taken off in the late 00s

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 06:23 PM

Nov 2014

Orsino

(37,428 posts)

10. Well, a few heads:

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 07:26 PM

Nov 2014

http://dcist.com/2014/11/of_course_someone_interrupted_musli.php

According to reports, a woman yelled "Jesus Christ is Lord!" before being removed from the Cathedral. A group of motorcyclists planned to protest "the Islamization of America" outside the D.C. house of worship.

Organized by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islamic Society of North America, Muslim Public Affairs Council and The Nation's Mosque, certain people are pretty worked up about the service, with the Reverend Franklin Graham calling it "sad to see."

Initech

(100,081 posts)

11. Cue Bryan Fischer and the Christian outrage machine in 3...2...1...

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 07:30 PM

Nov 2014

By the way I saw Bryan Fischer and The Christian Outrage Machine at the Troubadour last week, they were awesome!

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