​Sikh Temple Opens Doors To Let Muslim Man Pray When He Can't Find Mosque

A Sikh temple opened its doors to let a Muslim man pray when he couldn't find a mosque to do so - instantly giving us the perfect, positive-natured good news we all needed:

According to the Metro, the man was spotted in Gurdwara Sahib Bercham Ipoh in Malaysia. The video footage of what had happened then quickly went viral, after it was shared on social media.

One person shared it in the group called Sikh Inside earlier this week, writing: "A Muslim brother spotted doing Namaz [prayer] in Gurdwara Sahib Bercham Ipoh. Probably he couldn't find a mosque and drop by Gurdwara to complete his Namaz.

"Powerful, God is One."

Someone else posted the clip on Twitter, writing: "A Muslim guy spotted doing Namaz in Gurdwara Sahib because he couldn't find a mosque and dropped by at Gurdwara Sahib to complete his Namaz. Good thing nobody including Gurudwara Sahib committee member stopped him."

Many deemed the footage 'beautiful' and 'commendable', saying that it sent out a very positive message to the world.

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One Twitter user commented: "This is how it should be, everywhere. A place of prayer should always be a place of prayer for all, no matter what faith or manner of praying. That would be a world to aspire to."

Another wrote: "Gurudwara or Mosque, these places are for religious people but these places have no religion, it's a common place where God resides and last I heard God has no surname!"

What's even better, though, is that it prompted others to share similar stories, with one person explaining: "I did same thing in Vancouver, Canada. One Indian Muslim brother came to my store and ask me that he needs one corner for namaz. I show him a place. He offered his namaz and bought food. I believe in karma."

Another recalled: "I remember that during a hiking tour in Manali in 2002, we stayed in a Gurudwara and used to offer our prayers there and no-one objected to us. That is the beauty of respect, tolerance and love."

Someone else said: "What a beautiful sight. Mosque, temple, gurdwara or church are all places of worship. My husband didn't have access to a masjid and would pray in a church in Croydon."

Nice to see people sharing the love once in a while, isn't it? Kudos to all involved.

Topics: World News, News

Jess Hardiman

Jess is a journalist at LADbible who graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics - indecisiveness at its finest, right there. She also works for FOODbible and its sister page Seitanists, which are both a safe haven for her to channel a love for homemade pasta, fennel and everything else in between. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

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