Certainly, watching people praying is comforting: it makes you think that despite the violence saw in these days, there are people who want to live their faith peacefully, and it is with them that any form of collaboration should start. I mean all Turkish newspapers have firmly condemned the killing of Don Andrea Santoro, even the Islamic ones.
There is a sort of small exhibition in the same building, meant to present the basic elements of Islam. Nothing that could contrast with the belief of any monotheistic creed. Certainly entering in the details would manifest the many existing differences, however my point is that they avoided any polemic.
I learnt that they believe that angels bring the prayers of the faithful to God in specific days (Tuesday(?) and Thursday) at a specific time (the afternoon prayer). A similar tradition exists (or at least existed in the first century) in the Jewish world (I am not sure about the days of the week though), part of which is recorded in Revelation 8,2-5.
