On Thursday, President Donald Trump's inaugural committee announced that Magid will take part in an interfaith prayer service Saturday morning at the Washington National Cathedral. The imam, who will recite the Islamic call to prayer, is one of 26 spiritual leaders scheduled to participate in the service, a modern inaugural tradition. In a new twist, Saturday's event does not include any sermons from any religious leaders.
Many Muslims have been sharply critical of Trump, accusing him of stoking suspicion about their religion by saying "Islam hates us," proposing a registry to monitor Muslims and pledging, at one time, to bar Muslims from entering the United States. (That plan may be modified to "extreme vetting," Trump's team says.)
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