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LOOK: Christians And Muslims Share Church In Scotland

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | 6:02 PM

March 19, 2013
A Christian church in Scotland has taken "love thy neighbor" seriously by opening its doors to Muslim worshippers from a neighboring mosque.

At St. John's Episcopal Church in Aberdeen, hundreds of Muslims use parts of the main building to pray five times per day. According to the Guardian, the arrangement began when noticeable overcrowding issues at the nearby mosque concerned a leader at St. John's.

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