Source: Mail Online, by Helen Lawson.
A Scottish church has become the first in the UK to share its premises with Muslim worshippers.
St John’s Episcopal Church in Aberdeen now welcomes hundreds of Muslims praying five times a day in their building as the nearby mosque was so small that they were forced to worship outside.
Rev Poobalan said: ‘They were out there praying and the snow came on for the first time in winter, it was really hard to watch.
‘When they were doing the prayer they had their hands and feet exposed and they were sitting on on the pavement, which is very rough.
‘You could even see them breathing because it was so cold and I think when I saw that, the visual impact was such that I just couldn’t walk past.
Categories: CHRISTIANITY, Church, Europe, Faith, Interfaith tolerance, Islam, Religious Harmony, UK
It is a nice gesture on the part of the Aberdeen Church to help Muslims say their prayers in the church. A representative group of Christians from Najran once visited the Holy Prophet of Islam. The Prophet allowed them to offer prayers to God, in their own way, in his mosque. Such noble acts help bring inter-religious harmony and tolerance.