Indonesian Catholic church hosts Muslims’ Eid prayer

The courtyard of Kayutangan Sacred Heart parish church in Malang was filled with hundreds of Muslims on April 10

(UCAnews).

A century-old Catholic church in Indonesia allowed Muslims to conduct the Eid prayers on its premises on April 10, saying such moves could help build brotherhood in the Muslim-majority nation.Hundreds of Muslims prayed in the courtyard of Kayutangan Sacred Heart parish church in Malang, East Java province, as the nearby Grand Jami Mosque could not accommodate the festival prayer gathering.

Catholic nuns, seminarians, and lay people helped Muslims organize the prayer program and greeted them later.

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