National Cathedral to Host Muslim Prayer Service
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 13th, 2014 12:08 am by HL
National Cathedral to Host Muslim Prayer Service
The historic Washington National Cathedral is hosting a Muslim prayer service for the first time Friday. The prominent Episcopal cathedral often hosts national events, such as presidential funerals, and has hosted Muslims at various interfaith services in the past. But planners say this is the first time the cathedral has invited Muslims to lead their own prayers there, which they call a “powerful symbolic gesture.”