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    Interrupting my Lent break to share this wonderful story with you.
    I am always very excited to hear about good interfaith relationships!
    Here is one:

    A church whose £600 Christian Aid Week collection was stolen has had the money replaced by members of the neighbouring mosque.

    Members of the Ilford Islamic Centre read about the crime in the local newspaper, the Ilford Recorder, and at Friday prayers the following day they donated enough to cover the church’s loss. They had also given money towards the original collection.

    Father David Milnes, vicar at St Alban’s Church in Ilford, Essex, said he was 'absolutely thrilled. It was a wonderful gesture of support, friendship and goodwill.'

    When he told the congregation about the donation, he said, 'everybody burst into applause'.

    The church congregation also gave generously in the wake of the theft, which occurred on Thursday 22 May. As a result, the final collection was larger than the original one.

    The friendly relationship between the church and the mosque goes back to the 1970s, when the mosque organisation purchased an old church hall from the church, and used the land to build the Ilford Islamic Centre.

    Asked how the members of the church and the mosque got on so well, he said: 'We just respect one another. They respect our position as Christians, we do not water down our faith, and we respect them.'

    Mohammed Azam, a spokesman for the Islamic Centre, said that when Muslim worshippers heard what had happened, they wanted to cover the church’s loss.

    'There is a deep and respectful relationship between the two [church and mosque]. They are our neighbours, and we wanted to help them out,' he said.

    As well as being neighbours, the mosque and church leaders know each other through local meetings of the Three Faiths Forum, added Mr Azam.
    http://www.christianaid.org.uk/getin...ue_church.aspx

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

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    @ Italianguy.
    I also wonder, if they believe in God why don't they follow any religion ?.


    @ Supreme.
    You right. There is theist and atheist agnostic.

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by ardianto View Post
    @ Italianguy.
    I also wonder, if they believe in God why don't they follow any religion ?.


    @ Supreme.
    You right. There is theist and atheist agnostic.
    I think it's because they believe religion is man made? And to control women? So they may believe in God but not religion......Just my guess, I wouldn't know....I was never an ateist....I couldn't even imagine calling myself one

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by Italianguy View Post
    I think it's because they believe religion is man made? And to control women? So they may believe in God but not religion......Just my guess, I wouldn't know....I was never an ateist....I couldn't even imagine calling myself one
    I don't know too, but I think ............ it's begin out of topic.

    Okay, back to the topic.
    Someone stole charity box (money) from the church. Frankly, I thought it happened only in mosque. Sometime mosques in my place lost their charity boxes.

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by ardianto View Post
    I don't know too, but I think ............ it's begin out of topic.

    Okay, back to the topic.
    Someone stole charity box (money) from the church. Frankly, I thought it happened only in mosque. Sometime mosques in my place lost their charity boxes.
    Nooooo it happens in churches all the time. It's sad. People will walk right in acting like they are Christian and walk out with offerins given during the service.

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by ardianto View Post
    Someone stole charity box (money) from the church. Frankly, I thought it happened only in mosque. Sometime mosques in my place lost their charity boxes.
    ^^^^^^^^ Alot of things are stolen in mosques from phones to wallets the day it happen in front of me GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, somebody gna get hurt
    Last edited by S<Chowdhury; 03-06-2010 at 04:00 PM.
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    To my Akh's tryin to stay on their deen
    It gets mean especially when u stay on the scene
    And at the same try to stay out of trouble
    But don't forget the blessing's in the struggle...
    You gotta stay on your salats, your zakats, your Quran

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    Okay, okay I edit my post.
    Last edited by ardianto; 03-06-2010 at 05:02 PM.

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    Alhamdulillah.. Thats was a great article... Alhamdulillah..

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by Abdul-Raouf View Post
    Alhamdulillah.. Thats was a great article... Alhamdulillah..
    I don't know if I asked you this before? Are you Tamillian? My wife is from Chennei! Maalai Vanakkam!

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by S<Chowdhury View Post
    ^^^^^^^^ Alot of things are stolen in mosques from phones to wallets the day it happen in front of me GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, somebody gna get hurt
    i dont know about other countries.. but in my country... shoes...

    you have to wear like the ugliest and cheapest shoes to the mosque
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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by S<Chowdhury View Post
    ^^^^^^^^ Alot of things are stolen in mosques from phones to wallets the day it happen in front of me GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, somebody gna get hurt
    Somebody will. Don't try to take on a big man now, you may get hurt more than you imagine
    Back on topic, there used to be some phone stealing in my local mosque a while back.

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by UnhappyD: View Post
    Somebody will. Don't try to take on a big man now, you may get hurt more than you imagine
    Duly Noted
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    To my Akh's tryin to stay on their deen
    It gets mean especially when u stay on the scene
    And at the same try to stay out of trouble
    But don't forget the blessing's in the struggle...
    You gotta stay on your salats, your zakats, your Quran

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    There used to be a peoblem with coats being stolen at the Parish I belonged to in NYC. Then, they had someone hide inside the coats for 3 weks and nothing happened. At the fourth week the theif tried to take 5 coats at once, the person watching followed him out the door to a police officer. The church told the officer only to give him a warning and let him go on the condition he would come back volunteraly and atend the parish. He is now a deacon and for every coat he took before, he gave 2 back in there place.....Amen.

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    Its just not theft that happens in the mosques unfortunately some of the younger brothers after Isha prayers or Tarabi during Ramadan think its okey to leave the mosque in big numbers with there hoodies up thinking they are big boys attempt to look intimidating to the public and often harass members of the public as well, Police were called to the mosque after a few boys pelted rocks at cars that went by
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    To my Akh's tryin to stay on their deen
    It gets mean especially when u stay on the scene
    And at the same try to stay out of trouble
    But don't forget the blessing's in the struggle...
    You gotta stay on your salats, your zakats, your Quran

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by S<Chowdhury View Post
    Its just not theft that happens in the mosques unfortunately some of the younger brothers after Isha prayers or Tarabi during Ramadan think its okey to leave the mosque in big numbers with there hoodies up thinking they are big boys attempt to look intimidating to the public and often harass members of the public as well, Police were called to the mosque after a few boys pelted rocks at cars that went by
    I would go tell their mothers! I bet they would get a worse spanking from their mommas than police Then they wouldn't do it again!

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    format_quote Originally Posted by Italianguy View Post
    I would go tell their mothers! I bet they would get a worse spanking from their mommas than police Then they wouldn't do it again!
    Haha most likely they would, yet we couldn't identify who they were ...
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    It gets mean especially when u stay on the scene
    And at the same try to stay out of trouble
    But don't forget the blessing's in the struggle...
    You gotta stay on your salats, your zakats, your Quran

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by S<Chowdhury View Post
    Haha most likely they would, yet we couldn't identify who they were ...
    Just as a reminder to mothers....beat your kids! Even if they didn't do anything wrong...beat'em. Tell them it's just in case they might do domething wrong in the future....like a reminder beating

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    format_quote Originally Posted by Italianguy View Post
    Just as a reminder to mothers....beat your kids! Even if they didn't do anything wrong...beat'em. Tell them it's just in case they might do domething wrong in the future....like a reminder beating
    I'm gonna have to go off topic with the above, you just reminded me of russell peters- Beat your kids lol

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI
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    To my Akh's tryin to stay on their deen
    It gets mean especially when u stay on the scene
    And at the same try to stay out of trouble
    But don't forget the blessing's in the struggle...
    You gotta stay on your salats, your zakats, your Quran

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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by S<Chowdhury View Post
    I'm gonna have to go off topic with the above, you just reminded me of russell peters- Beat your kids lol

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI
    LOL, Thats where I got it from.

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    What happened to Italian Guy?
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    Re: Mosque helps out local church

    format_quote Originally Posted by glo View Post
    What happened to Italian Guy?
    In short, he was proseltyzing through PMs to other members.


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