One of our members recently attended Friday prayer with a Muslim co-worker. Since many members of the SEA have been to Christian services, but not many other faiths, there was a lot of curiosity. He’s kindly written up his experience for us.

On Friday September 23, 2011 I attended a Jumu’ah at a mosque here in Edmonton. A Jumu’ah is the special prayer that is performed by Muslims in the afternoon on Fridays. I have always had a bit of a fascination with Islam and, now that I have a coworker that is Muslim, I am able to learn much more about the Muslim faith. Continue reading »

Our President has been invited to present an atheist perspective on this topic. Also presenting are a Christian, a Jew, and a Muslim (oh my). Each speaker will have approximately 20 minutes to state his case, and then there will be a question period. As he will basically be outgunned by a ratio of three Abrahamics to one, any support would be greatly appreciated, especially in the form of well thought out questions.

Thursday, October 14, 2010
19:00 – 21:00
TELUS Centre, University of Alberta

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