Dear All,
On the 1st May 2019, our friends from Abu Bakr Crayford Mosque hosted Bexley Interfaith
Forum meeting.
The topic of our discussion was Holly Books. The BIFF chairman, Rev. Trevor Wyatt
welcomed leaders of the diverse faith traditions in Bexley. The participants included:
• St. Augustine’s Church Slade Green, Christ Church Bexleyheath and St Paulinus
Church Crayford (Church of England)
• Crayford Mosque (Islam)
• Guru Nanak Darbar Sikh Temple Belvedere, (Sikhism)
• United Methodists Church Welling
• Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church Erith (Catholics)
• Representative of Bahá’í Faith
• Representatives from Bexley Metropolitan Police
• Representatives from Bexley Council
The gathering started with the mosque’s Imam, Hafiz Rahman telling us about Islamic Holy
book-Koran, followed by the representative from the Sikh temple navigating us through Sikhs
scriptures, while John Cooper spoke about the Holy book from a Bahá’í perspective. Christian
Holy Book-Bible was summarise by Rev Trevor Wyatt.
The next Bexley Interfaith Forum will be held on Wednesday 17th July 7.30pm at Guru
Nanak Darbar Sikh Temple in Belvedere. The topic for this gathering would be – the content
of worship in each religion / faith tradition.
