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Monday 01 Jun 2015 - 11:33 Makkah mean time-14-8-1436
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Los Angeles, (IINA) - Around 20 Muslim and Jewish youngmen gathered for a special prayer together in a Los Angeles beach, OnIslam reported.
The day was part of an initiative called Two Faiths One Prayer, which guided the group of Muslims and Jews to five different public spaces across the city.
Early prayer at the LA beach was only an episode of a day of prayer when youths from both faiths used public transportation to travel from one venue to another to pray for five times at five different locations.
During the day, they had plenty of opportunities to find common ground between the two faiths, noticing many similarities between them.
Reaching Los Angeles' City Hall, the group was joined by about 60 to 70 others for an extraordinary joint prayer session.
The evening prayer, known as Maghreb for Muslims, was followed by a dinner where Muslims recited their night prayer, and Jews recited liturgical poetry, called Piyyutim.
"We were just so surprised that we could do this together and it's very similar," participant Maryam Saleemi told Huffington Post on Saturday.
Tuli Skaist, a New Ground Fellow, said that sharing a prayer space with his Muslim friends actually enhanced his own experience.
“We really hope this is just the beginning,” Skaist said.
A recent survey found that American Muslims are the most moderate around the world.
It also showed that US Muslims generally express strong commitment to their faith and tend not to see an inherent conflict between being devout and living in a modern society.
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