0:00:05 > 0:00:09It was a Friday, midday prayer time, the hour of prayer,
0:00:09 > 0:00:17and as I was walking past this way I saw 12 to 15 men prepared for prayer,
0:00:17 > 0:00:21with hands and feet exposed because they had prepared for prayers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24It was so bitterly cold, you can see their breath.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27That's when I thought, this is not right,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31and so I wanted to have the experience for myself.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36So I went ahead and joined them in prayer.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Brothers who couldn't enter the mosque
0:00:41 > 0:00:44because there is no a place enough for them
0:00:44 > 0:00:46had to pray outside of the mosque.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Brother Isaac offered us to pray in the church.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52We were very pleased with his offer.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55In the same time we were little bit hesitating and worried
0:00:55 > 0:01:00about the pictures and statues which are typically in the church.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05The main issue for us, not to have human-being pictures
0:01:05 > 0:01:08in front of you in the direction of Mecca.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14Isaac ask us if we would want the stained glass to be covered
0:01:14 > 0:01:18temporarily on Fridays, which was very generous of him.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Of course, certainly there is no need for that.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Stained is not such an issue for us.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27He said, "This is what we have decided.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31"If you leave the church doors open we will encourage people
0:01:31 > 0:01:35"who do not have place in the mosque to use the church.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39"But those who find it difficult to use it,
0:01:39 > 0:01:44"they still have the option of praying outside.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49"But thank you, this is quite important to us."
0:01:49 > 0:01:53And also he gave an example... examples from the past,
0:01:53 > 0:01:58when Prophet Muhammad had been welcomed into the church
0:01:58 > 0:02:03around the sixth century and that it is quite possible that the two
0:02:03 > 0:02:07communities could, er, come together for prayer.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12We hope that this could build a bridge between Muslims
0:02:12 > 0:02:16and Christians and make a nice friendship relation between us.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18MUSLIM CALL TO PRAYER
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Around one o'clock the call for prayer was ringing in the church
0:02:22 > 0:02:25and the church doors were open.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Those who were making their way to the mosque
0:02:28 > 0:02:31heard the call for prayer in the church.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35It's almost a natural instinct to follow the voice.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40It was an experience for me to see people coming into the church.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44But no concern whatsoever.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49There is a difference between Islam and Christianity.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Despite of both religion are monotheistic
0:02:52 > 0:02:56and coming from the same source and having the same root,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59but as a Muslim it is possible for us to stick
0:02:59 > 0:03:04and to hold in principles while accommodating principle of others.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07We still believe what we believed before
0:03:07 > 0:03:09but we respect what other believe.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11IMAM CHANTS
0:03:11 > 0:03:13WORSHIPPERS CHANT
0:03:13 > 0:03:19What has happened today is something beyond our understanding
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and expectation.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26That certainly had given me more confidence in the things that
0:03:26 > 0:03:30I believed and I proclaimed that I believed.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34That there is a God and there is one God
0:03:34 > 0:03:38and that we can pray to that God as one people.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Erm...
0:03:39 > 0:03:41It was good.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45This special relation could be easily repeated.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Nationally and even globally the mosques and church
0:03:49 > 0:03:53should open their doors for believers to come to pray.