Decorah church plans to continue bringing Muslims and Christians together

Members of the First United Methodist Church in Decorah recently shared meals and fellowship with Muslim Luther students staying in Decorah for the summer and a Muslim family from Calmar. 

During Ramadan, Muslims go without food or drink from sun up to sun down every day for a month.  After sundown, they gather for the Iftar meal of breaking the fast together.  That's difficult to do in a setting where there are not many Muslims.

So Methodist Church members prepared a meal at 9:00 p.m. and invited both Muslims and Christians to attend.  This year about a dozen Muslim students and community members joined about 20 Christians, sharing a meal and learning about each others' lives and faiths.