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    Franklin Graham Prays Outside Pentagon After Being Disinvited To Prayer Breakfast

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    Post by day dreamer Tue 22 Jan 2013, 11:09 am



    Graham Prays Outside Pentagon After Being Disinvited To Prayer Breakfast (VIDEO)




    First Posted: 05- 7-10 12:41 AM

    Read More:Billy Graham, Chaplins, Christianity, Evangelical Christians, Franklin Graham, Invitation, Invited, Islam, Military, Muslims, Pentagon, Prayer, Prayer Breakfast, Press Conference, Religion News



    WASHINGTON (AP)-- Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted Muslims.

    "It looks like Islam has gotten a pass," he told reporters. "They are able to have their services, but just because I disagree ... I'm excluded."

    In 2001, Graham, the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, described Islam as evil. More recently, he said he finds Islam offensive and wants Muslims to know that Jesus Christ died for their sins. The Pentagon's chaplain office called those comments inappropriate and, at the request of the Army, withdrew Graham's invitation to attend a multi-denominational "National Day of Prayer" service that was held in the Defense Department auditorium.

    He came anyway, arriving in the Pentagon parking lot just before 8 a.m. EDT - his party of a half dozen people forming a circle on the sidewalk and praying.

    They stood there for about five minutes, heads bowed, as people arriving for work passed by - a man with a briefcase, one on a bike, a woman carrying breakfast pastry in a bag and another man carrying a skateboard.

    Then the group walked to the Pentagon's Sept. 11 memorial roughly a couple of hundred feet away, where media had gathered because it's one of the few places were cameras are allowed on the Pentagon property. There, Graham held a news conference that lasted nearly twice as long as the prayer.

    Asked why he had come, Graham said it was to pray for the men and women serving at the warfront, including his son, who he said had already been wounded in Iraq and now serves in Afghanistan.

    He said he doesn't believe "all religions are equal" but does believe there is only "one way to God" - and that is through Jesus.

    Asked if he still believes Islam is evil, he said: "I believe the way they treat women is evil, yes I do." And, can he understand how some of his comments would be offensive to Muslims? "Oh, I'm sure," he said. "But I find what they teach and what they preach and what's on the Internet - I find that to be offensive, too."

    Another moment in the news conference, he said people shouldn't be offended because it's simply a disagreement in what people believe.

    Graham said many American Christians "feel we are losing our freedoms while people of other faiths are gaining their freedom. It's a perception, whether it's right or wrong."

    While Graham spoke outside, some 80 people attended a service inside the Pentagon that included Roman Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and Protestant chaplains.

    WATCH: Graham speaks to reporters outside Pentagon









    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/07/franklin-graham-prays-out_n_567214.html

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