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The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, an Episcopal priest in Seattle, says she is simultaneously a Muslim. She was ordained as a priest in 1984, and became a Muslim last year.(The Week )(Brief article)

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* The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, an Episcopal priest in Seattle, says she is simultaneously a Muslim. She was ordained as a priest in 1984, and became a Muslim last year. Her bishop approves, as does the leader of the Islamic center she prays with. "I pray not to cause scandal or bring shame upon either of my traditions," she says. American religious liberty allows Redding to be anything she likes. But ...

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