Secretary of State John Kerry visited Indonesia this weekend to push global warming.
Kerry also took time to beat a mosque drum calling Muslims to prayer.
Secretary of state John Kerry raises his hand after beating the call to prayer drum during a tour of the Istiqlal Mosque with Grand Imam KH Ali Mustafa Yaqub. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Carbonated TV reported, via Religion of Peace:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spent part of his Sunday in his stocking feet at an Indonesian mosque, at one point beating a huge drum used to call Muslims to prayer.
Kerry’s visit to the modern Istiqlal Mosque in central Jakarta, said to be the largest mosque in Southeast Asia with a capacity of 130,000, was designed to demonstrate his respect for Islam as he visited the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.
Kerry spent about 20 minutes touring the mosque, chatting briefly with women studying Islamic law and admiring the blue ceiling of its dome.
Having removed his shoes in keeping with Islamic custom, Kerry at one point was shown a gigantic, skin-covered drum which rests sideways on the mosque’s floor and stood several feet taller than his head.