Church Opens Up Its Doors to Muslim Worshipers So They Can Have a Place to Pray During Quarantine

In a cheering presentation of between confidence empathy, a German church has made its ways for Muslims with no spot to go to Friday prayers during Ramadan.

Although the nation suspended religious services back in March as a means of curbing the COVID-19 outbreaks, they recently started allowing worshippers to gather in groups of up to 50 people at a time.

The Dar Assalam mosque in the Neukölln district of Berlin can typically accommodate up to 1,000 worshipers at a time during the month of Ramadan, but due to the new social restrictions, hundreds of German Muslims have been struggling to find a place of prayer.

Thankfully, the nearby Martha evangelical church—located just a few miles away from the mosque offered to open its doors to host the Friday prayers.

The church has now reportedly been offering two different prayer services for the Islamic worshipers, one in German and one in Arabic. Worshipers are asked to wear masks and maintain 6 feet distance during the prayer.

Representatives of Dar Assalam say that the events have helped them to double the amount of people attending their services while simultaneously raising valuable funds to support the mosque during the lockdowns.

“It is a great sign of solidarity,” mosque spokesperson Juanita Villamor told Newsweek. “We are just thankful, this is a good chance of inter-religious dialog and it is wonderful that the church is doing this.”

Credit: NewsWeek

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