Crimean Muslims in Ukraine pray for U.S. victims of terrorism (11/04/01)

Crimean Muslims in Ukraine pray for U.S. victims of terrorism

LVIV - At the request of the local Muslim community a memorial service was held in Symferopol, capital of Crimea, on Sunday, October 21, to honor the memory of victims of terrorism in the United States. The service was held in the cathedral of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha, Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyivan Patriarchate 40 days after the terrorist attacks on September 11. (Eastern Christian Churches traditionally hold a special memorial service 40 days after someone's death.)

The gathering was organized by the Mejlis, the representative organ of the Crimean Tatar nation), and the Crimean branches of the Ukrainian National Rukh and the Ukrainian Republican Party.

The Ukrainian-language website www.radiosvoboda.org reported that the participants said that Christians, Muslims and representatives of other religions of the world should unite against the threat of terrorism and support the anti-terrorist activities of the United States and its allies in Afghanistan.

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