Posted on 03/02/2026 4:03:40 PM PST by MacNaughton
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin, Texas, is hosting an Interfaith Ramadan Iftar Dinner soon, bringing together members of the Episcopal community and Muslims to share in the “sacred moment of fast-breaking” during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, followed by a communal meal.
The Church of the Good Shepherd is a prominent Episcopal parish led by The Rev. Stanford Adams, who serves as Rector.
The church recently promoted an informational session on Ramadan to prepare participants and hype them up for the shared fast-breaking experience and Iftar dinner.
Redditor creidmheach anticipates how this will go down:
Basically you’ll probably get a Muslim Imam give a speech talking about fasting and Ramadan’s significance, peppered in with some propaganda about how they believe in Jesus too, etc.
The Muslims would almost certainly do their prayers first before eating (since the breaking of the fast is at sunset, which also the time of one of their daily prayers), preceded by the call to prayer (which includes bearing testimony to Muhammad’s being God’s messenger). In the prayers, they’ll recite al-Fatiha, which has the line “not the path of those upon whom you are wrathful nor of the astray”, which classical Muslim interpreters explained as referring to the Jews and the Christians. They may also recite al-Ikhlas, which testifies that God has not begotten nor been begotten. And again they’ll testify to Muhammad’s being a prophet and send their greetings to him.
Meanwhile the folks in your church might ooh and aah at how beautiful and multicultural this all is, as their beliefs are ritually denounced in their own church, and the lies of an antiChrist prophet being proclaimed.
The food will likely be pretty good though.
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Dihimmis.
You must have no other gods before me. Commandment number one.
Sorry, this is condoning sin and should not happen.
The muslims "fast" for a few hours and then sit down to a gargantuan pig
out ever night during the "holy month" of rama-dana-ding-dong.
This explains Episcopalian Tucker Carlson’s new found love of Sharia Law, love of all things Muslim, and virulent hatred of Israel and the Jews.
They are a social club anyway and not a Christian church.
Muslims are the only people who can fast for an entire month and manage to gain weight.
save him a seat!
sheesh- next they will just pledge their souls to Satan and be done with it
Apostate purveyors of a false gospel.
Hellfire awaits them.
The pastor of a Lutheran parish in my neighborhood (who is a straight German-born white man, by the way) last Sunday passed along an invitation from a nearby mosque to their “interfaith” Ramadan Iftar meal later in the week. He considered participating in the meal a “neighborly” thing to do.
Liberal churches should instead have prayers and fasting of their own in remembrance of Islam’s “peace breaking,” not fast breaking.
Need to celebrate with a good old fashioned Cherokee Hog Fry!
I assume it’s in response to all those mosques that put up Christmas trees. Sheesh. 🙄
Still sucking up to peaceful Muslims.
Still sucking up to peaceful Muslims.
Many years ago, I once had an Episcopal priest tell me that he wasn’t sure there is a God. It sounds like nothing has changed since then with the church.
clever use of language-pig out!
Pulled Pork my Fav!
C’mon man, doesn’t your local islamic center hold a fish fry on lenten fridays?
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