While stopping short of taking credit, Khan, an Orange County ophthalmologist, is inviting clergy from neighboring faiths to do it again on a bigger scale at an Interfaith “Prayer for Rain” on Saturday.
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| Dr. Ahsan M. Khan |
Source/Credit: Los Angeles Daily News
By Steve Scauzillo | June 19, 2015
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Faced with oppressive summer heat compounding four consecutive years of drought, Southern Californians are inventing new ways for coping with water shortages, including spray-painting haystack-colored lawns green, padlocking water spigots and, if that fails, appealing to a higher power.
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In early May, Dr. Ahsan M. Khan, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Los Angeles East Chapter, and the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino, prayed for rain. On May 14, the region experienced more rain than on any other day in the history of Southern California.
While stopping short of taking credit, Khan, an Orange County ophthalmologist, is inviting clergy from neighboring faiths to do it again on a bigger scale at an Interfaith “Prayer for Rain” on Saturday.
“This is where religion plays a role in our lives. We don’t have control over certain things. This is where we turn to God,” he said. “Beside, we really need water here. It is crazy. I hope we come through with this,” he added.
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