Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Muslims And Entering A Church

If what the Consul General states is correct, then Mr. Onyeani owes him an apology. From the Consul General's account of his past participation in events organized by other faiths and the fact that he sent a representative who would be more versed at doing something substantive at the event, I am inclined to believe the Consul General's account.

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From: OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU
Sent: Aug 14, 2012 7:47 PM
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Muslims And Entering A Church

Religious Bigot, I Am Not! - Consul General of Nigeria, New York

http://elombah.com/index.php/articles-mainmenu/12242-religious-bigot-i-am-not-consul-general-of-nigeria-new-york

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:41 AM, OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU <toyinvincentadepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

Please lets know when your Rumi book comes out. Rumi is sublime

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:40 AM, OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU <toyinvincentadepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

i will post the official's response

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Abdul Bangura <theai@earthlink.net> wrote:

Muslims and Entering a Church

 

Abdul Karim Bangura

 

 

As Mwalimu Toyin Adepoju has put it, no one can know everything. Thus, it is with sincerity that I ask whether anyone on this forum is aware of any precept in the Qur'an or the Hadith that prohibits a Muslim from entering a church, as I am quite baffled by the Nigerian official's refusal to enter a church, especially when citizens of his country he is representing are bereaved. While I pride myself as an avid student of the Torah, the Bible, the Qur'an and the Hadith, I might have missed such a prohibition.

 

I lean more toward the great Sufi Rumi or Jalaluddin Balkhi on matters dealing with Abrahamic connections. As I state in my book in progress tentatively titled Rumi on Judaic-Christioan-Islamic Connections,  Rumi's reverence for all faiths is captured in the poem titled Only Breath as follows: "Christian or Jew or Muslim, or Hindu, or Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen all belong to the beloved...."

 

As I also note in the work, in the midst of the crusades and violent sectarian conflict, Rumi said "I go into the Muslim mosque and the Jewish Synagogue and the Christian church and see one altar." As I further mentioned, in December of 1273 when Rumi died, representatives of every major religion---the Pope, etc.---attended his funeral.

 

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