First-ever in history of the United States, five groups of Muslims offered Friday prayers, Namaz-e-Jumma, in the National Cathedral of Washington.
South African ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, led the prayers, reminding the worshippers they were holding this service in troubled times “when mischief is threatening the world.”
An anti-Islamic woman protester from Michigan briefly interrupted the Muslim gathering organised with a theme of religious tolerance, however, she was ousted by the law enforcers but afterwards she was not arrested for her move.
South African ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, offered sermon of the Friday prayer and taught religious freedom besides condemning Muslim extremism.
Rasool and the National Cathedral’s Reverend Canon Gina Campbell organized the service, with help from 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.
Campbell welcomed the religious gathering, saying the Washington National Cathedral was “a place of prayer for all people.
According to the reports, the protester was not alone in denouncing the Muslim prayer service at the National Cathedral.
Reverend Franklin Graham, the son of U.S. evangelist Billy Graham who is one of America’s foremost Christian leaders, took to his Facebook page on Thursday to criticize the plan to host the gathering.
Source: The News Tribe
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