<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2b8d2309-72de-40b3-9c1a-c573f647f9f6/1F0045C5-137B-48A2-8732-EB2856D783E9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-virginia-synagogue-serves-as-mosque-during-ramadan--il--07" href="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-virginia-synagogue-serves-as-mosque-during-ramadan--il--07" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dawn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-virginia-synagogue-serves-as-mosque-during-ramadan--il--07"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dawn.com/img/167AE8B8-093B-4B84-85A3-050F00FE44DE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-virginia-synagogue-serves-as-mosque-during-ramadan--il--07"><P class="MsoNormal"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><B><SPAN>RESTON</SPAN></B></ST1:PLACE><B><SPAN>: On Friday afternoons, the people coming to pray at this building take off their shoes, unfurl rugs to kneel on and pray in Arabic. The ones that come Friday evenings put on yarmulkes, light candles and pray in Hebrew.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-virginia-synagogue-serves-as-mosque-during-ramadan--il--07"><SPAN>The building is a synagogue on a tree-lined street in suburban <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:STATE w:st="on">Virginia</ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE>, but for the past few weeks — during the Muslim holy month of Ramazan — it has also been doubling daily as a mosque. Synagogue members suggested their building after hearing the Muslim congregation was looking to rent a place for overflow crowds.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-virginia-synagogue-serves-as-mosque-during-ramadan--il--07"><SPAN>Both groups say the relationship won’t be over when Ramazan ends in <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">North America</ST1:PLACE> over the weekend. The rabbi and imam are talking about possibly even making a joint trip to the <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Middle East</ST1:PLACE>, and Friday prayers will still be held at the synagogue.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1F0045C5-137B-48A2-8732-EB2856D783E9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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