Now THIS Makes Me Say "Happy Easter" - Mosque Allows Christian Church In To Hold Easter Services

When the Moors ran Spain, there was religious freedom. Their northern neighbors figured the Dark Ages was a better alternative.

All non-Muslims were second class citizens in Moorish Spain and paid the jiyza tax to their Muslim overlords. The treatment of dhimmis, or non-Muslims, also wasn't uniformly great either.

From wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus

The Caliphate treated non-Muslims differently at different times. The longest period of tolerance began after 912, with the reign of Abd-ar-Rahman III and his son, Al-Hakam II where the Jews of Al-Andalus prospered, devoting themselves to the service of the Caliphate of Córdoba, to the study of the sciences, and to commerce and industry, especially to trading in silk and slaves, in this way promoting the prosperity of the country. Southern Iberia became an asylum for the oppressed Jews of other countries.

Under the Almoravids and the Almohads there may have been intermittent persecution of Jews, but sources are extremely scarce and do not give a clear picture, though the situation appears to have deteriorated after 1160. The 11th century saw Muslim pogroms against Jews in Al-Andalus; those occurred in Córdoba in 1011 and in Granada in 1066. However, massacres of dhimmis are rare in Islamic history.

The Almohads, who had taken control of the Almoravids' Maghribi and Andalusian territories by 1147, far surpassed the Almoravides in fundamentalist outlook, and they treated the non-Muslims harshly. Faced with the choice of either death or conversion, many Jews and Christians emigrated.Some, such as the family of Maimonides, fled east to more tolerant Muslim lands, while others went northward to settle in the growing Christian kingdoms.

I can't view youtube videos at work, but I know this has to be the one of George and the Bubble Boy.

Good news for our little corner of the central valley!

We went there -they came to us.

We held/hold all are welcome to gods table Eucharist.

Muslims from that mosque had no trouble joining us at Eucharist.

between people of all faiths, and a lot of reaching out and coming together, with various services and ceremonies aimed at building and celebrating unity in diversity. That was in a small town of 60k in northern WI. I don't know what went on elsewhere, but imagine there was a good deal of this sort of thing that never really attracted the attention of the media. No blood, and it didn't play into Bushco's divisiveness.

Muslims and Christians putting their differences aside to work together. Jesus would be pleased.

Of course, I'm sure fundamentalist Christians will just see this as another step towards a "one world religion" to be set up by the Antichrist.

I wouldn't presume to speak for Him, but I'd guess He would heartily approve, and make His face to shine on them all.

These kind of stories posted here is one of the reasons I love this place.
Peace and love

Not a city known (yet) for diversity like SF. Now if this was in Roseville, then you may have a different story (for those who know what the constituency in Roseville consists of).

Sacramento county. Sacramento is more conservative most of the Bay but ROSEVILLE??!! REALLY? Do you live here?

Rio Lindans, Rancho Cordovans, Placervillians, Auburnites...

Do NOT let this story of peace and hope, devolve into a squabble between out local tribes.

Rancho cordovan, from the village near coloma and sunrise!

This is how it should be.

Really. I was feeling pretty discouraged about our society all day. Reading this brought happy tears to my eyes.

- K&R

walked telegraph today with Ty , got a bracelet and a few shirts

How the hell ya doin ???

LOL good to see you my friend ... We'll have to get together soon.

Good on 'em.

Told me all about it. Great story.

And obviously filled with terrific people.

Cool building filled with cool folks!

Exactly how people should treat one another all the time.

Peace.