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ELCA Synod Bishop Comments on New York Muslim Center Proposal

From <NEWS@ELCA.ORG>
Date Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:04:33 -0500

Title: ELCA Synod Bishop Comments on New York Muslim Center Proposal
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>August 31, 2010  

ELCA Synod Bishop Comments on New York Muslim Center Proposal
10-234-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Regardless of whether people approve or disapprove
of a possible Muslim community center or mosque in lower Manhattan, a
synod bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) 
wrote
in an Aug. 30 public statement that this is a time for all to be
sensitive to one another and for Christians to learn more about Islam.

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