At 01:45 PM 9/14/01 -0700 Jeffrey Miller wrote:
>Seriously, though, as someone who's not a member of any of the religions
>you listed, I'm pretty well used to being ignored, but in a ceremony
>very carefully orchestrated and choreographed (who ISN'T surprised they
>had the Muslim cleric's service first?) I can't help but feel cynicism
>about the whole thing - plastic packaged redemption and healing,
>mass-marketed and targeted at the correct demographic.
Color me surprised.
I'm not sure how often US Presidents have visited mosques or had a Muslim
cleric at National Cathedral, but I cannot think of any examples.
To invite a Muslim cleric to an inherently Christian institution, to a
place of considerable national pride, and to ask him to speak first, is in
my mind, wholly laudatory. Indeed, I can think of few other countries or
times where this would have happened.
JDG
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