(RNS) The request is part of an ongoing lawsuit in which the pastor accuses federal officials of violating her religious freedom by surveilling her after she officiated at immigrant weddings.
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Multiple posts shared hundreds of time on Facebook and Twitter claim that an American Muslim woman, Dr. Debbie Almontaser, made history by reciting the Koran during the inauguration ceremony of US President Joe Biden. The claim was shared alongside a photo of Dr. Almontaser and a separate image of Biden at his swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 2021. In fact, Dr. Almontaser read Koran verses at a vitrual inaguration prayer service that Biden attended on January 21, 2021, not at his swearing-in ceremony.
The claim was published on Facebook here on January 27, 2021. The post has been shared more than 900 times.
IKAR Rabbi Sharon Brous Offers Prayer at National Inaugural Prayer Service
Los Angeles IKAR Rabbi Sharon Brous was one of the faith leaders offering prayers to the new Presidential administration on Jan. 21.
The virtual interfaith service, hosted by the Washington National Cathedral, included prayers from several leaders from all religious backgrounds and performances by Patti LaBelle, Josh Groban, Donald Lawrence and Company and Detroit gospel group The Clark Sisters.
Brous spoke about the excitement of a new presidential term and the restoration of democracy.
“Give us strength, God, as we usher in the dawn of a new America, a justice-driven, multiracial democracy,” Brous said. “A new America, that lifts up the poor and protects those most vulnerable. Help us today to imagine a new America that leaves behind the fallacy of profit over people, and instead affirms that every one of us deserves to live in full dignity.”
Bishop William J. Barber II, the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, preaches a homily as part of the Washington National Cathedral s virtual presidential inaugural prayer service on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. | Screengrab: Facebook/Greenleaf Christian Church DOC
Bishop William J. Barber II, the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, warned President Joe Biden and others listening to the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service Thursday against issuing “simplistic calls for unity. The progressive leader called for repentance of “policy sin.”
The day after the inauguration, as with past transitions of power in the United States, the Washington National Cathedral hosted the National Prayer Service, also called the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service.