{"id":22012,"date":"2014-09-13T23:21:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T03:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=22012"},"modified":"2014-09-14T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T21:58:11","slug":"an-anglican-church-with-a-resident-imam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/an-anglican-church-with-a-resident-imam\/","title":{"rendered":"An Anglican church with a resident imam"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"AnglicanCALGARY – A unique Imam in Residence program is being launched at St. Martin\u2019s Anglican Church in October in conjunction with the Al Madinah Calgary Islamic Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis type of program does help us understand each others\u2019 beliefs and traditions. There\u2019s more misunderstanding and misinformation (out there),\u201d says Imam Syed Soharwardy, with the Muslims Against Terrorism group and with the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, who is the Imam in Residence for the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are bringing congregations together. It\u2019s not just the imam and pastor talking. It is the grassroots congregation coming together to have food together, to be together. It\u2019s a very good thing that even children participate, families participate, women participate. It removes the barriers between people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Imam in Residence program takes place October 17-19.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was just a really enriching experience to see what we had in common and to learn things about each other – to have a chance for us in a very intentional setting to sit down and really learn about other faiths,\u201d says Brubaker Garrison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The program includes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Friday, October 17th, 1:15 p.m. \u2013 Services at Genesis Centre of Community Wellness (gymnasium) with conversation afterward.
\nSaturday, October 18th, 10:00 a.m. \u2013 \u201cQur\u2019an and Its Different Interpretations\u201d & 1:00 p.m. \u2013 \u201cIslamic Sharia and Muslims in the Western World: Issues, Limitations, and Enforcement\u201d at Knox Presbyterian Church
\nSunday, October 19th, 10:00 a.m. \u2013 Worship at St. Martin\u2019s with the sermon offer by Imam Soharwardy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s hard to overlook the fact that the \u201clearning\u201d is all one-sided: Rev. Brubaker Garrison and her congregation seem to be hearing a lot about the Koran and Sharia law but the imam isn\u2019t being told much at all about Jesus, his divinity, atoning death upon the cross, resurrection and the fact that he is the only<\/em> way to God the Father. If Brubaker Garrison actually believed that herself, she would probably be less eager to encourage her congregation to absorb the finer points of Sharia law.<\/p>\n

Syed Soharwardy, whose sensibilities were outraged by the Western Standard ‘s publishing of the\u00a0 Mohammed cartoons, filed a human rights complaint against Ezra Levant. As a result, Ezra, unlike Rev. Brubaker Garrison, doesn\u2019t get along too well with the imam:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y9ErIT2wyng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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