Both Christian AND Muslim?? Are you serious???

So while Net surfing (for articles on my research topic- mind you!... hum hum) ... I almost fell off my seat (which I admit is quite precarious and absolutely needs to be replaced -- actually my entire office "space" ( a euphemism of course) should be revamped once I sort out my research funding issues).
I mean, what could beat this? (see below) This is the kind of stuff that just makes your head spin 360 degrees... No seriously, take a look at this Seattle Times article: "I am both Muslim and Christian"
The beginning of the article CERTAINLY got my attention :

"Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill.

On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest.

She does both, she says, because she's Christian and Muslim."

At a time when warfare, conflict, and violence are more than ever associated with religious identities ( well, so not EVER, because there was the Crusades... I know, I know, but you know what I mean), you wonder who in their right mind would have the guts to say something like this out in the open.... And a church pastor? A WOMAN church pastor? Let me rephrase this, a BLACK WOMAN pastor.... Actually, the correct way to say it would be a BLACK MUSLIM WOMAN pastor... Pphew!! That was a hard one.

Seriously, IT MAKES YOU WONDER. Personally, I'm still trying to make sense of this news article.