White House Summit on Violent Extremism Opens With Muslim Prayer – No Other Faiths Represented

White House Summit on Violent Extremism Opens With Muslim Prayer – No Other Faiths Represented. (CNS)

A Muslim prayer was recited at the start of the second day of the White House summit on “Countering Violent Extremism,” but no other religious text was presented during the portion of the event that was open to the press.

Imam Sheikh Sa'ad Musse Roble, president of the World Peace Organization in Minneapolis, Minn., recited a “verse from the Quran” following remarks by Obama administration officials and Democratic members of Congress.

Imam Abdisalam Adam of the Islamic Civil Society of America offered a translation of the verses:

“In translation those verses of the Quran mean ‘Whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption in the land, it’s as if he has slain mankind entirely, and whoever saves one life, it’s as if he has saved mankind entirely,’” Adam said. Hmmmm......I'll wait for an Middle East expert to explain the real meaning of the verses. Read the full story here.