California fires have actually damaged a minimum of a lots holy places
(RNS)-- Last Friday (Jan. 3), Najeeba Syeed went to Jummah prayers at the Masjid Al-Taqwa, a parish she had actually wished years at while residing in Southern California.
Less than a week later on, Syeed, a faith teacher and interfaith leader, found out that Al-Taqwa, a traditionally African American mosque in Altadena, California, had actually burned to the ground-- among a minimum of a lots holy places harmed or damaged in the wildfires that have actually raved around Los Angeles today.
Even as regional faith leaders grieved the loss of their spiritual areas, they've been banding together, using words of convenience and useful assistance to those impacted by the wildfires.
Syeed, who holds the El-Hibri Endowed Chair of Interfaith Studies at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, stated Al...