LDS Church opens door to Muslims after mosque destroyed by arson

[gopher]

From the article:

"A neighboring church in Bellevue (WA) has given a local Muslim community a place to gather and pray after the community's mosque, the Islamic Center of the Eastside, was destroyed by arson." Link

I thought this was a nice touch:

"The church even left a welcome sign at the front door, along with two large boards covered in messages of hope from members of their congregation"

There's a mosque across the street from our chapel.  We have a good relationship with them and they've even used our parking lot for overflow parking at times. 

Edited January 23, 2017 by gopher

[bluebell]

I served in Northern California and once when we were out tracting in Santa Rosa we ran into a Jewish man who told us that one of the local congregations allowed them to use their building for church holy days because it was bigger and could hold more people.  I thought that was pretty cool.

[MorningStar]

2 hours ago, gopher said:

From the article:

"A neighboring church in Bellevue (WA) has given a local Muslim community a place to gather and pray after the community's mosque, the Islamic Center of the Eastside, was destroyed by arson." Link

I thought this was a nice touch:

"The church even left a welcome sign at the front door, along with two large boards covered in messages of hope from members of their congregation"

There's a mosque across the street from our chapel.  We have a good relationship with them and they've even used our parking lot for overflow parking at times. 

I rehearse for concerts at that building and always see the neighbors there.    Very happy to see that our church could help them. 

[thesometimesaint]

Cool.

[Jeanne]

I love it and would hope that all religions would be treated as such as well as treating others this way.  Kudos!

[Storm Rider]

This is my old stake center; our ward was Bellevue 1st.  It is located immediately next to the mosque.  There has been a good relationship between the two congregations for many years.  It is good to see that the warm relationship has continued.

[strappinglad]

It is probably helpful that our chapels are quite bare and without any overt symbols which would need to be removed before Muslims use the space.