Minnesota Churches Wish Muslim Neighbors a ‘Blessed Ramadan’
The existence of Americans like these is why I don’t believe the GOP can win with it’s current hate- and racism-spouting presumptive nominee:
(RNS) The sign in front of the building reads “Blessed Ramadan.”
But the building isn’t a mosque or Islamic center — it’s Pilgrim Congregational Church, a United Church of Christ congregation in Duluth, Minn. […]
The Blessed Ramadan campaign was organized by the Minnesota Council of Churches, which has 25 members representing a number of denominations and synods across the state, including the Church of God in Christ, the National Baptist Convention, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
“In Minnesota, there has been a significant amount of Islamophobia, and yet that is not who we are in Minnesota. We are a welcoming, caring, respectful community,” said Jerad Morey, program and communications director for the council.
The signs are a public gesture of goodwill, Morey said, at a time when Muslim-Americans need a gesture of goodwill. […]
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