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By Larbi Arbaoui
Morocco World News
Tinejdad, July 18, 2013
According to radio Sawa, Muslim immigrants are performing Taraweeh prayers, a set of prayers performed collectively by Muslims after Isha prayer, (5th prayer) during Ramadan in a church in the city of York, USA.
On the occasion of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fast, the church of the city Burke, a small town north Virginia, opened its chapel for Muslims to pray Taraweeh.
In an act of tolerance and mutual respect, the church administration removed pews from the chapel to accommodate Islamic prayers.
Members of the Muslim community expressed their great appreciation for the initiative, and church leaders consider this initiative a letter of peace, tolerance, coexistence and respect for the world’s religions.
The sound of the church bell has been replaced with Athan, the Christian hymns with Islamic prayer in the chapel and the imam instead of the church priest during Ramadan.
It is worth mentioning that this initiative is not the first of its kind. St John's Episcopal Church in the Scottish city Aberdeen opened its doors to Muslims for Friday prayers.
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