N. Va. Muslims Use Turkey To Reach Out To Community
December 07, 2009 - A group of Muslims are praying in a long hallway outside of the kitchen at Hutchinson Elementary School in Herndon. But instead of prayer mats, they're using plastic aprons.
After they're done, the Muslims - many of them immigrants - pick up the aprons and put them on. It's time to serve the turkey.
They chose turkey because it fits with the holiday season, and because eating turkey this time of year is an American tradition.
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Iqbal says serving up free turkey is not only patriotic, it's religious: "Islam teaches us to serve the humanity at large. And that's exactly what we are trying to do."
Read the whole article at:
http://wamu.org/news/09/12/07.php#30760
After they're done, the Muslims - many of them immigrants - pick up the aprons and put them on. It's time to serve the turkey.
They chose turkey because it fits with the holiday season, and because eating turkey this time of year is an American tradition.
[...]
Iqbal says serving up free turkey is not only patriotic, it's religious: "Islam teaches us to serve the humanity at large. And that's exactly what we are trying to do."
Read the whole article at:
http://wamu.org/news/09/12/07.php#30760
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