By Catherine Pepinster
Religion News Service
LONDON (RNS) — Greenbelt, the biggest Christian festival in the United Kingdom, will feature Muslim worship for the first time this year.
The decision by organizers of the annual festival — which began more than 40 years ago as a gathering that drew about 1,500 young people — has stirred some controversy, according to organizers.
Now Greenbelt draws a much larger crowd of about 20,000 over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Aug. 25-28, and offers not only music but also theological discussion and opportunities to work on social justice issues. While it sprung from evangelical Christians, in recent years Greenbelt has expanded to include a much wider range of participants, including an occasional Muslim speaker. Click here to continue reading.
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To allow an Islamic worship segment in this conference is insane. The M. worship the moon god, so this is idolatry. They deny that Jesus is the Son of God. I did not know that Islam has musical worship! This religion is also the most abusive and violent in the world at the moment. The leaders hate Israel and want to destroy her. Very sad to see the way the UK and rest of Europe has degenerated in their rejection of the Bible, all in the name of tolerance and love.