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City Tax Dollars Fund Ouster of Christian Church by Muslim Group

Contact: Josephine S. Miller, 203-512-2795

DANBURY, Conn., Jan. 19, 2016 /Christian Newswire/ --  The following is submitted by attorney Josephine S. Miller:

    I write this letter fully mindful of the spirit of the age in which we live, a spirit that gives utmost importance to political correctness. The Hour has apparently taken on the task of making the citizens of Norwalk Connecticut feel comfortable that they have been absolved of any guilt associated with alleged religious discrimination against Muslims.

    The controversy regarding a mosque for the Norwalk Muslim community resulted in more than a million taxpayer dollars to the Al Madany Islamic Center to settle a lawsuit filed by them. Ironically, neither the Muslims nor the Episcopal Church thought much about the displacement of some 250-300 members of the Christian church known as the Community Temple when the house of worship was recently sold to the highest bidder. It has been alleged that assistance was given to the Community Temple to find an alternative place of worship. As a member of the church, and attorney in the proceedings to evict, I can state that this is categorically not true. Even as of this date we have no alternative place of worship to go to. It would have been considerate if The Hour had accepted my invitation of several weeks ago to hear directly from our Christian church leaders.

    I have watched as the church was sold out from under the Community Temple, even as we sought to purchase the building where we have been worshipping for nineteen months. It has been painful to watch the removal of the beautiful stained glass windows depicting scenes from the New Testament so that neutral frosted glass windows could be installed. It has been painful to think about how the beautiful wood carved pews will soon be removed because the new owners worship kneeling on prayer rugs. It was perhaps most painful of all to have to negotiate to keep the huge wooden cross that adorns the pulpit of the main sanctuary. Ultimately, we lost the battle to keep the cross there at least until our January 31 departure date because "the contractors have a schedule to keep."

    Perhaps these are but signs of our age when those whom we deemed to be Christian brethren thought more of "interfaith cooperation" than intrafaith commitment. The Al Madany group deems this a "miracle," however our Christian bible says that "the blessing of the Lord makes rich and he adds no sorrow with it." The Community Temple is sorrowful for the loss of our place of worship but we have an overarching faith that the God that we serve will still show himself strong on our behalf.