Sacramento interfaith leaders plan 9/11 'blessing of peace' on Quran

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Sacramento interfaith leaders plan 9/11 'blessing of peace' on Quran


By Stephen Magagnini
Published: Friday, Sep. 10, 2010 - 3:28 pm
Last Modified: Friday, Sep. 10, 2010 - 5:34 pm

More than 50 members of Sacramento's interfaith community - including Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Quakers, Muslims and Druids - will meet at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of 9/11, for a "blessing of peace on the Quran."

The 7 p.m. event, on the steps of the cathedral at 11th and K streets, is designed to blunt the threats of Florida Pastor Terry Jones to burn the Quran.

Jones' associates said today that no Qurans will be burned, but organizers of Saturday's event "wanted to send an alternative vision from America - placing roses on the Quran as a symbol of peace and tolerance. The World Peace Garden in Capitol Park has agreed to supply us with three dozen roses," said the Rev. David Thompson, president of the Interfaith Service Bureau.

"Afterwards the roses will be given to Muslim families," Thompson said. "Whether or not the Florida pastor goes through with his scheme to burn copies of the Quran, we in Sacramento are hopeful of bringing cooperation and peace here as we try to undo the damage already done, to protect our troops and to affirm our Muslim brothers and sisters here in America and around the world."



Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/10/3020147/sacramento-interfaith-leaders.html#ixzz0zBM2ZQxe

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