In Istanbul, Turkey, there’s a mosque where you can pray alongside cats. We’re not kitten you! The Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque’s imam Mustafa Efe has been letting stray cats in since last year. He wants to keep them warm during the cold winter days.

Efe makes his guests feel exactly like at home. In fact, the felines are so safe and comfy there that one cat even brought her kittens one by one! She placed her fluffballs in the pulpit from where Efe preaches. “The kitty has found the heart of compassion and mercy,” Efe wrote on Facebook.

More info: Facebook (h/t: thedodo)

Image credits: Mustafa Efe

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Image credits: Navèëd

Image credits: Mustafa Efe

Image credits: Mustafa Efe

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Image credits: Mustafa Efe (left), Mohammed Matter (right)