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In A First, Washington National Cathedral To Host Friday Muslim Prayer Service
2014-11-12
[WashingtonPost] Washington National Cathedral, known for presidential funerals and other major spiritual services, will host a Moslem prayer service for the first time Friday.

The cathedral, part of the Episcopal Church, has long held high-profile interfaith events, and some mosques hold services in synagogues or churches if they need overflow space. But organizers said Monday that they are seeking to make a statement by having Moslem leaders come and hold their midday service in such a visible Christian house of worship.

"We want the world to see the Christian community is partnering with us and is supporting our religious freedom in the same way we are calling for religious freedom for all minorities in Moslem countries," said Rizwan Jaka, a front man with the prominent ADAMS mosque in Sterling, Va.,
You are? How is it that we have never noticed, when we look for examples of moderate Muslims to trumpet?
one of the co-sponsors of Friday's service. "Let this be a lesson to the world."
But deeper in the article we are informed as follows:
The event is being co-sponsored by the cathedral, Rasool and several Moslem spiritual and advocacy groups: ADAMS -- whose full name is the All Dulles Area Moslem Society -- the Council on American Islamic Relations,
...who no doubt see this as another act of soft jihad...
the Islamic Society of North America,
...CAIR with a false nose and fake mustache...
Moslem Public Affairs Council
I wonder if a quick google with the right words would reveal they are also connected to CAIR?
and Masjid Muhammad mosque in Northwest Washington.

Jaka noted that three of ADAMS's 22 weekly services are held at two synagogues and a church ADAMS is hosting a fundraiser for Christian religious freedom in Pakistain,
...a pointless, if well-intentioned endeavour..
. and it regularly hosts non-Moslem speakers.
Very open minded and moderate of them, especially compared to the company they keep.
Posted by:trailing wife

#22  One more thing, Cathedrals were once "Christian Sanctuaries". In the Christian faith, praying to anything or anyone other than the Trinity was considered idolatry. So this place now is really no longer a Cathedral by definition.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-12 18:59  

#21  BTW will next service the Dems propose for the Cathedral be a Black Mass or Santeria ritual?
Posted by: 3dc   2014-11-12 18:55  

#20  The Cathedral will need a 8 hour reconsecration ceremony before it can be used for Christian services after this unclean act.
Posted by: 3dc   2014-11-12 18:53  

#19  The Greeks had many gods, and now so do the heathen in DC. See, they are now praying to the barbaric false god allah, they symbol of the religion of death.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-12 17:25  

#18  Do not touch that un-clean thing.
Posted by: newc   2014-11-12 14:11  

#17  The National Cathedral suffered some pretty serious damage in the August 2100 Virginia earthquake (which also damaged the Washington Monument).

Maybe this is a fund-raiser for repairs? Or they took the quake as a sign from allen?
Posted by: Bobby   2014-11-12 13:34  

#16  The USA has offically surrendered. They should sign the paperwork between prayers.
Posted by: airandee   2014-11-12 12:15  

#15  Good points, Elmerert Hupens2660.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-11-12 11:37  

#14  It's a neo-Federalist stack of High Church horseshit.

It looks just like a European Catholic church, so yes. Chock full of traditional craftsmanship, and the acoustics are amazing. When I was in high school our baroque orchestra played Mozart there, and the building echoed it perfectly. They had to wait longer than usual between movements just to the let the building finish its part.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-11-12 11:34  

#13  ^^^^^^ yeah, well, that two.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-11-12 11:28  

#12  The Washington National Cathedral's ambiguous standing is an ongoing offense to the establishment clause. Someone should use this incident to completely remove any congressional or government sanction to the building, its use, and the Episcopal Conference in general.

And I say this as someone who isn't normally a church/state separation fanatic, but the WNC just offends my sense of propriety. It's a neo-Federalist stack of High Church horseshit.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2014-11-12 09:44  

#11  And the second this happens the mooselimbs will consider it a mosque and declare it the 54,556,342 most holy place in Islam and declare jihads to recover it since the filthy infidels are desecrating it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-11-12 09:16  

#10  and this gesture will be reciprocated in the Washington National Mosque when?.....
Posted by: anon1   2014-11-12 08:31  

#9  Well, in Turkey they have the Hagia Sophia mosque. Used to be one of the biggest churches in Christendom. Maybe someday the National Cathedral will become the National Mosque.

It will serve those dhimmis right.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2014-11-12 08:08  

#8  Another example of why I left the Episcopal Church. Maybe the Arch Druid of Canterbury will show up to shout a few alan snackbars.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2014-11-12 06:33  

#7  Feets gotta be washed, the facilities are gonna be a mess. I have attended a fair number of Episcopal churches and none of them (as far as I know) have proper nose cleaning apparatus, so it could get ugly.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-11-12 06:32  

#6  The camel is fully in the tent.
Posted by: Injun Ulomoque8628   2014-11-12 05:48  

#5  Think of the tax dollars saved. This redesign might have cost billions.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-11-12 04:00  

#4  This may be an opportunity to off-load my cache of Kalashnikov prayer rugs. I have a couple of silk ones which are very presidential. Ms. Besoeker will be so pleased.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-11-12 03:50  

#3  Wonder what they would think about having a Christian service ar their big ass rock?
Posted by: chris   2014-11-12 03:19  

#2  Well if the Park Service pulls the church pews, do you think they will put them back? Or will this become a mosque that can occasionally be used for other services?
And will it be the right muslims?
Posted by: Skidmark   2014-11-12 01:44  

#1  Some observations:

The the article makes no mention of any non-muslim service held at any Mosque. This 'exchange program' seems to be one sided.

What specifically are they funding when they talk about 'Christian religious freedom in Pakistain?'
Does the 'freedom' they talk about include anything that goes beyond Dhimmitude?

"About 100 people will be at the service, which will be spoken and chanted without music, Campbell said."

Coincidentally the absence of music will make this palatable to the most extreme islamofascistic Sunnis.

“This is the place where we bury our presidents, where we bury our national heroes,” she said.

Yes, something is dead and being buried.

Suppose there's a Russian, Chinese, Iranian etc government expert on the US who's tasked to write up a psychological profile of the US. Something that might help his leaders anticipate the US's reaction to a crisis, a challenge a stand-off.

What conclusion will this person draw from this little news item and many others like it?
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2014-11-12 01:02  

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