HARRISBURG, Pa. — A central Pennsylvania politician who apologized for criticizing a church that posted a message wishing Muslims a “blessed Ramadan” has attended a worship service and dined at a Harrisburg mosque.

Spring Grove Area School District board member Matthew Jansen told members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the Hadee Mosque that his remarks earlier were part of a “knee-jerk reaction.”

After listening to a service Friday and taking part in the meal served after sunset during Ramadan, the GOP convention delegate called the experience “informative and enlightening” and said members were “an integral part of society.”

Akram Khalid, a member from Chambersburg, said he was happy Jansen came, adding that he wasn’t upset about the earlier remarks.

He said “The problem is not to get upset, the problem is education.”