[cloudmountain]

We used to own a few rental houses that we used to house nuns and a few priests through the Catholic church. We had one priest in one for awhile that was from Sri Lanka and I talked to him about muslims and Christians in his country. Was a sad tale.

No doubt.
Sri Lanka's story is a sad one. Changing their name from Ceylon had to have been traumatic for many. Ceylonese to Sri Lankans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka

Ghandi was assassinated by one of his own Hindus...for DARING to tell people that we all worship the same God.
There are plenty of FReepers here who insist that our Christian God is NOT Allah. The Muslims believe that our God and Allah are the same...but not some of OUR very own FReepers.

But, what would I know? My husband and I only LIVED and worked in the KSA for five years. Not months, years. Five long years.

Bless you for your generosity in the housing of God's earthly workers.

[sheana]

Most places the Catholic church has shut down their convents. They have to live somewhere. The Church decided it was cheaper to pay us for a 3 bedroom house to house the nuns than for the nuns to pay rent elsewhere. We had 2 houses that housed 6 nuns. It was a trial run and a booming success but the power brokers up north shut the project down. ;(