August 22, 2009
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082103876.html
They stream in through the doors every Friday -- a sea of Muslims pouring into a synagogue in Reston.
The men roll out long prayer rugs on the synagogue floor. An imam stands up front and praises Allah. And as the faithful begin whispering their prayers in flowing Arabic, their landlord, a rabbi, walks by to check whether they need anything.
This unlikely arrangement between a burgeoning Muslim congregation and a suburban synagogue is what happens when you combine the region's rapidly growing Muslim population with a serious shortage of worship space.