Trump listens to Holy Quran recitation during inaugural service
Religious leaders from various faiths were invited to recite prayers at the ceremony.
WASHINGTON (Web Desk) - United States president Donald Trump on Saturday attended an inter-faith religious service at Washington National Cathedral and listen the recitation of the Holy Quran.
Religious leaders from various faiths were invited to recite prayers at the ceremony which was part of Trump’s three-day inauguration event.
All Dulles Area Muslim Society executive director Imam Mohamed Magid who was likely to give the call to prayer, recited two verses from the Holy Quran instead.
“O humankind, We have created you from a single male and female (Adam and Eve) and made you into nations and tribes and communities, that you may know each other. Really, the most honored of you in the sight of God is the one most righteous of you, and God has full knowledge and is the one acquainted with all thanks.”
“And among the signs of God is the creation of heaven and earth, and the variation in your languages and your colors. Verily, in that are signs for those who know,” read the imam.
Trump was sitting alongside his wife Melania and the family of Vice President Mike Pence in the ceremony.
Donald Trump became the 45th president of United States on Friday, ushering in a new political era that is cheered and feared in equal measure.
The 70-year-old Republican billionaire placed his left hand on a bible used by Abraham Lincoln and recited the 35-word oath spoken since George Washington, and then launched into a much-anticipated inaugural address.
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