The service was briefly interrupted by a lone protester who, according to the NBC4, shouted, "Why can't you worship in your mosque, and leave our churches alone?"
Source/Credit: The Huffington Post
By Carol Kuruvilla | November 14, 2014
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.
The service was briefly interrupted by a lone protester who, according to the NBC4, shouted, "Why can't you worship in your mosque, and leave our churches alone?" The woman was quickly escorted from the sacred space.
The Cathedral’s director of liturgy, Rev. Canon Gina Gilland Campbell, said the incident happened at the very beginning of the service and "did not dampen the day."
“Other than that, it was very quiet and peaceful inside the building,” Campbell told The Huffington Post on Friday. “Everyone was just captured by the beauty of the moment.”
The idea for the service emerged from a conversation between Campbell and South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, who delivered the sermon.
The two friends met while planning a memorial service for the late Nelson Mandela.
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