CHRONIQUE DE LA DHIMMITUDE ORDINAIRE (AUX USA)

Utah Christians buy, donate Korans

Posted on May 10, 2011
by creepingsharia

O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends… ~Holy Koran 5:052

Dhimmitude is bliss. via Quran giveaway fortifies Utah Christian, Muslim bond | The Salt Lake Tribune.

At a time when Muslim and Christian relations are again in the world’s spotlight, Utah women in the two faith traditions are beginning a friendship they hope will lead to greater understanding.

Over platters of falafel, biryani rice, hummus and baklava, the women of Salt Lake City’s Wasatch Presbyterian Church and eight women from the Muslim community on Thursday traded hugs, personal stories, recipes and email addresses.

The luncheon — prepared in Muslim homes and shared at the church — was a thank-you from the Muslim women, who were delighted by Wasatch’s giveaway earlier this week of free copies of the Quran, Islam’s holy book.

“You,” said Angela Young, a convert to Islam, “extended the first hand.”

What are the chances any of the Muslim women risk death by apostasy and convert out of Islam?

The giveaway of nearly 70 books resulted from a suggestion two weeks ago by Wasatch’s new pastor, the Rev. Scott Dalgarno, that church leaders put money behind their belief that education informs faith. It also was a response to a Florida preacher’s burning of the Quran in March, an act that triggered riots and dozens of deaths in Afghanistan.

Church leaders chipped in $600 and ordered copies of the Quran through The King’s English Bookshop on Salt Lake City’s east side. They asked the store to give them away.

The books were gone within 90 minutes of being placed on the shelf Monday morning, just hours after the world learned of the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden, whose legacy has led to suspicion, isolation and even bigotry against Muslims.

The timing was serendipitous, said Anne Holman, manager of the bookstore, who had decided last Friday to begin the giveaway Monday morning.

The Muslim women will be buying Bibles and Torah’s and distributing in Dearborn shortly. /sarc off

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