The diocese sold St. Richard’s Anglican Church to the North Vancouver Islamic Association for $3.05 million as a site for the Ar-Rahman mosque.
After selling a church to a competing religion, the next obvious step for members of the diocese is to start attending the mosque. After all, all religions are equally valid; there are many ways to God; we don’t want to exclude anyone; everyone knows Michael Ingham’s book should have been titled “Mosques of the Spirit”.
From here:
On Sunday March 30th, forty-five Anglicans and Lutherans were guests at Masjid Ar-Ramnan, the mosque in the former St. Richard’s building in North Vancouver. As part of a North Vancouver Lenten Visiting Program “Who is my neighbour?”
This was the church interior before.
http://churchesonsundays.blogspot.ca/2011/01/happy-new-year-st.html
It was the only church in Norgate.
Anyone interested in a copy of my Open Letter on that old book please ask me at priscilla dot turner at telus dot net , heading your message ‘mansions’.
Not the only mosque in North Vancouver. There is a significant Muslim population there.
However, note from the North Shore News article:
‘ “Learning takes place here, problems are solved here, conflicts are resolved in this place, people are getting married here, people will be divorced here if they have to according to Islamic law, I mean the Shariah,” Abdus-Salaam says.’
British Columbians are governed by the federal Divorce Act and the provincial Family Law Act, as well as English Common Law, which set out the rights and obligations of people in separation and divorce, with respect to property, debts, children. support and so forth. Qualified family law mediators trying to get people to come to an agreement about these things are obliged to comply with federal and provincial law, as are family law arbitrators. Even a Jewish Beth Din takes local law into account by “dina d’malchusa dina”, which means “the law of the government is the law.”
Sharia law arbitrations? Will both parties have to sign an agreement that the decision of a Sharia arbitrator will be binding and enforceable by the courts, thereby excluding the court from applying B.C. law for the benefit of either party or their children? Will a person get independent legal advice from an objective, third-party lawyer before submitting to any such arbitration? I would like someone to explain this.
From the “You couldn’t make it up” department.
“Competing religion.”
I love this place. 😀
Good that you mentioned that. More than a “competing religion”, of course.
Actually it is much worse than a “competing religion”.
As an Abrahamic “faith” that does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Son of God the muslim “faith” is an incomplete faith.
As a “faith” that has been led astray by the false prophet Mohammed the muslim “faith” is a deception that actually leads people away from God’s Truth and directs them towards lies.
I’m way too busy dealing with my own soul to spend much mental energy putting the world’s religions into boxes.
No doubt God will sort us all out in the end.
If you were on your way to the hospital because you had a broken leg would you not stop to give CPR to a person having a heart attack? Or would you say that you are too busy dealing with your own injury to spend much energy on helping someone who is dying?
Are you honestly telling me that you actively engage in proselytising for Christianity in the Muslim community? You go door to door? You go to mosques? Really?
Rather than trying to put words in my mouth…
how about you answer the question.
I’m not putting words in your mouth. I’m actually reading what you write and trying to make sense of it.
Is your question about broken legs and CPR? If so, yes, I would stay and try to help, if I’m not delirious with pain. There, question answered.
But if your question is about broken legs and CPR, then it has nothing to do with the topic and I’m once again left scratching my head, trying to follow your train of thought.
If, on the other hand, you’re making some sort of tortured analogy, man up and own up to it, and let me know if you walk the walk.
Because what you’re saying there is that being a Muslim is akin to having a heart attack — i.e. being a Muslim is being very unwell indeed. It’s your prerogative, obviously, but you’ll be utterly unsurprised to learn that I’m the worst sort of religious relativist. That’s fine, I know you’re convinced I’m going to hell. No problem with that. 🙂