California Church to Become Site of Islamist Convention

on November 30, 2012
All Saints Episcopal Church of Pasadena
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By Ryan Mauro

The Muslim Public Affairs Council’s choice of location for its 12th Annual Convention on December 15 is telling: The All Saints Episcopal Church of Pasadena, California. The group, founded by Muslim Brotherhood followers, says this is the “next step in its mission by crossing the interfaith line.” Yet again, the Islamists are taking advantage of naïve Christians with a desire to show off their tolerance.

The All Saints Episcopal Church of Pasadena started an Interfaith Study Group in 2007 with the Pasadena Jewish Temple and the Islamic Center of Southern California (ICSC), from which MPAC originated. The organization was founded as a branch of ICSC in 1986 and then became independent in 1988, though the two remain intertwined. The ICSC is proud of its interfaith successes. For example, the First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica is allowing the ICSC to hold Friday prayers there every week.

The story of MPAC begins with Hassan and Maher Hathout, the former of which died in 2009. The brothers became active with the Muslim Brotherhood at an early age, with Hassan Hathout saying that its founder, Hassan al-Banna, is “the person who most influenced my life” and that “centuries might roll over before a similar personality is produced.” Maher Hathout was arrested in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood was banned, and released in 1968. Three years later, they moved to Buffalo, New York and went to California to establish the ICSC in 1978.

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  1. Comment by tregonsee on November 30, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Somehow I knew it would be a TEC instituion.

  2. Comment by J P Logan on November 30, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    Either that or United Church of Christ – but you’re right, the Episc win the prize as the worst publicity w—-s among the mainlines.

  3. Comment by Donnie on November 30, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Apparently they’ve never read II Corinthians 6:14. Or they have and just don’t care.

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