Church meetinghouses host thousands of Muslims for Ramadan (Ghana, Italy)

[smac97]

Church meetinghouses host thousands of Muslims for Ramadan

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This month, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened meetinghouses in Italy and Ghana to thousands of Muslims to have places to gather for Ramadan.

The participants were able to have space indoors and outdoors for prayers and for their evening meals during the holy month of fasting. In return, they invited Church members and missionaries to eat with them and celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan.

These efforts continue the strong interfaith relationships between members of the Church and their Muslim friends and neighbors.

In Pordenone, Italy, members of the Church placed tents in the garden of their meetinghouse to allow more than 1,500 Muslims to have shelter during early morning prayers before the building opened. Then the evening prayers and the iftar meal were held inside.

To express their gratitude, Muslims invited Church members, missionaries and civil authorities to share the iftar meal with them at the end of the Ramadan celebrations, explained a news release from the Church’s Italy Newsroom.

Preparation and organization took place well before the holy month as local Latter-day Saints and Muslims worked together to request the proper permits from Church and civil authorities in Pordenone.

Relations between the two communities date back to 2016 and have developed through various projects and activities — growing mutual esteem and friendship.

On April 11, Latter-day Saints in Takoradi, Ghana, hosted over 2,000 Muslim neighbors at the Takoradi Ghana Stake Center to observe the Eid Festival celebrating Eid al-Fitr — one of Islam’s most holy days that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan and the breaking of the fast.

This is the fourth consecutive year the Church has made its facilities available to Muslim friends for this celebration, reported the Church’s Africa Newsroom. When members of the Takoradi Stake learned Muslims in their area did not have a facility large enough to gather at the end of Ramadan, the stake presidency offered the grounds of the stake center.

I am grateful to see this.

Thanks,

-Smac

[ZealouslyStriving]

We seem to have been kindly disposed towards Muslims from the beginning:

https://journalofdiscourses.com/3/7

 

[The Nehor]

3 minutes ago, ZealouslyStriving said:

We seem to have been kindly disposed towards Muslims from the beginning:

https://journalofdiscourses.com/3/7

 

This is mostly just anti-Catholicism where he props up Islam as the lesser of two evils. Also the idea that slaves to Islamic masters just had to convert and they would get full citizenship? Yeah……no. Sounds like he just read some basic stuff about Islam and assumed it was generally true somehow.

Also considering Islam as the lesser of two evils is not really being kindly disposed.

[LoudmouthMormon]

I'll have to dig up my old print copies of Times and Seasons and try to find the article that spoke favorably of the Islamic faith (I think it's referred to either as 'mahometism' there, or some such other name of the period).  If I remember correctly, there was some speculation in that article that Mahomet [sic] might have actually been a real prophet, as the faith shared a lot in common with LDS theology.  I don't remember a single mention of Catholicism. 

[Nofear]

On 4/16/2024 at 11:37 AM, LoudmouthMormon said:

I'll have to dig up my old print copies of Times and Seasons and try to find the article that spoke favorably of the Islamic faith (I think it's referred to either as 'mahometism' there, or some such other name of the period).  If I remember correctly, there was some speculation in that article that Mahomet [sic] might have actually been a real prophet, as the faith shared a lot in common with LDS theology.  I don't remember a single mention of Catholicism. 

That's close to Dr. Peterson's academic work and I'm sure you could find some articles written by him on this.