Islamic Prayers to Be Held at Vatican for First Time in History
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/24111-islamic-prayers-to-be-held-at-vatican-for-first-time-in-history
For the first time in history, Islamic prayers and readings from the Quran will be heard at the Vatican on Sunday, in a move by Pope Francis to usher in peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Francis issued the invitation to Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit last week to Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority.
Abbas, Peres, and Francis will be joined by Jewish, Christian and Islamic religious leaders, a statement released by Peres’s spokesperson said, according to the Times of Israel.
Holy See officials on Friday said the evening prayers would be a “pause in politics” and had no political aim other than to rekindle the desire for Israeli-Palestinian peace at the political and popular level, according to the Associated Press.
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If one accepts that, there would be no such thing as an Islamic prayer in context of a Christian church. Or indeed, a Jewish prayer.
Am I missing something here?
I wonder if William Donahue will be chiming in on this. There's little doubt that Mel Gibson might have an opinion on this.
If they all stem from the same origin -- could anybody doubt that? -- how can one credibly argue that they pray to different gods except for the undoubted fact of their cultural differences and the Jesus/Mohammed thing.
Of course, no Christian can credibly claim to be monotheistic with the trinity thing going on, least of all Catholics who seem to take it to the extremes with Mother Mary and all the saints to whom they apparently pray.
So maybe you are correct. I admit that I possibly have a naive view of things. This is undoubtedly a big thing. I wonder if Pope Francis will be asking the Dalai Lama to join him in the Vatican any time soon. Or a prominent Shinto or Hindu priest. May I suggest a cargo cult priest, too?
Now that would be interesting.
They pray differently - different rituals, different texts, different places.
The fact that the pope is going to have an event that honors or acknowledges Islamic prayers seems to me to be a positive thing. I think what you propose about the Dalai Lama or a Shinto or Hindu priest might be quite possible.
