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FL mosque promoting work of cleric who tells Muslims to kill Jews & Christians hosted 'interfaith' banquet 'so people would have newfound respect for their religion'

December 21, 2005

More in common then we think ???

Arab Child Condemned to Hate
Future Suicide Bomber?

http://www.masada2000.org/islam.html
A Shiite Muslim woman holds a three-year old boy whose forehead was cut during a ceremony in Nabatiyeh on Sunday March 24, 2002. Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims turned out across Lebanon on Sunday to mark Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim religious festival which marks the AD 680 battle in which Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, was killed. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/652614/posts
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MIM: The vapidity of interfaith and the hoax of the shared 'Abrahamic faiths' is epitomised by this exchange:
"...Sitting across from a candlelit table, Afsar Khan, a Muslim woman from of West Palm Beach, and Janet Bleshman, a Jewish woman from Boynton Beach, discovered they had many things in common.
"We are so similar," Bleshman told Khan as they shared a meal of curry chicken, mixed vegetables and rice.
"Yes, we are all children of Abraham," Khan agreed..."
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MIM: The Palm Beach Islamic Center which recented hosted an interfaith banquet to show "they are not bad people" has made a fool out of the gullible particpants who seem unconcerned or oblivious to the fact that the mosque has links to groups directly linked to terrorism and the sermons of leading Saudi cleric Abdur Rahman Al Sudais. In 2003 Al Sudais (who is barred from entering the United States),appeared on Saudi television and called upon Muslims to "kill Jews and worshippers of the cross".
Some other proclamations of Al Sudais include:

The Jews "have tyrannized, terrorized, and indulged in tyranny and corruption," al-Sudais said. "O God, deal with them for they are within your power." The "enemies of Islam" were "plotting" against Muslims. "I mean especially [the Jews] whom God cursed, got angry with, and turned into monkeys, pigs, and tyrant worshippers... Their course is supported by the advocates of credit and worshippers of the Cross." http://www.kentimmerman.com/2003_10_26jubeir-boykin

In addition to the sermons of Al Sudais the Palm Beach Islamic Center links to the websites of the Islamic Circle and the Muslim American Society which is linked to Al Qaeda. Both ICNA and MAS raised money for the defense of the jailed terrorist Abu Ali who attempted to set up an Al Qaeda cell in the United States and murder president Bush 'because of his support for Israel'.
The Council on American Islamic Relations- a Saudi funded front group for Hamas.
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MIM: Article from Islam on line
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2005-12/20/article08.shtml
US Muslim Center Hosts Interfaith Banquet

The event was the latest exchange between Muslims, Jews and Christians to erase stereotypes and develop friendships.

CAIRO, December 20, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – An American Muslim community center has recently invited a group of Christian and Jewish compatriots over an interfaith meal to clear stereotypes, create a better understanding and look for common grounds, a local American newspaper reported Monday, December 19.
"People have misconceptions of us," Wasi Khan, an organizer, told Sun-Sentinel, the major daily newspaper of Broward and South Palm Beach counties, Florida.
"They don't know who we are. They don't know how we pray and what we do at our services. We have to change that."
The interfaith meal, organized by the Muslim Community of Palm Beach County center, drew several hundred people.
The organizers gave the visitors a tour of the center's mosque, introduced them to their leaders and explained the principles of Islam.
Khan regretted that ever since the 9/11 attacks "people are afraid of us".
Nearly 57 percent of American Muslims polled by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) complained of having experienced bias or discrimination since the 9/11 attacks.
Some 87 percent of the respondents said they know of a fellow Muslim who experienced discrimination.
Essential
Although many of the guests were highly educated and already knew much about Islam, they said face-to-face discussions were essential to break down hostilities and find common grounds.
"If people of all religions got to know each other, hopefully there will be understanding," said Al Wein, of Boynton Beach.
Sitting across from a candlelit table, Afsar Khan, a Muslim woman from of West Palm Beach, and Janet Bleshman, a Jewish woman from Boynton Beach, discovered they had many things in common.
"We are so similar," Bleshman told Khan as they shared a meal of curry chicken, mixed vegetables and rice.
"Yes, we are all children of Abraham," Khan agreed.
The interfaith meal was the latest exchange between Muslims, Jews and Christians that started more than five years ago to erase stereotypes and develop friendships.
Last spring, a group from the Muslim Community center went to a synagogue west of Boynton Beach to celebrate a Passover meal and learn about Judaism.
More exchanges are planned next year.
Abdelali Zraouli, 14, of West Palm Beach, said the get-together idea was very good.
"I want a lot of people to know they are "not bad people"
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pinterfaith19dec19,0,2371258,print.story?coll=sfla-news-palm
Leon Fooksman
Staff Writer

December 19, 2005

Sitting across from a candlelit table Sunday night, Afsar Khan, a Muslim, and Janet Bleshman, a Jew, looked for common ground.

"We are so similar," Bleshman, of Boynton Beach, told Khan, of West Palm Beach, as they shared a meal of curry chicken, mixed vegetables and rice.

"Yes, we are all children of Abraham," Khan said.

The two women were among the several hundred people gathered for an interfaith meal at the Muslim Community of Palm Beach County center. The meal was the latest exchange between Muslims, Jews and Christians started more than five years ago to erase stereotypes and develop friendships.

The organizers gave the visitors a tour of the center's mosque, introduced them to their leaders and explained the principles of Islam. They wanted the outsiders to have a newfound respect for their religion in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"Since then, people are afraid of us," said Wasi Khan, an organizer. "People have misconceptions of us. They don't know who we are. They don't know how we pray and what we do at our services. We have to change that."

Islam, organizers said, is a peaceful religion that respects all humans and animals.

A group from the Muslim Community center last spring went to a synagogue west of Boynton Beach to celebrate a Passover meal and learn about Judaism. Now, the same group intended to showcase their beliefs and food to Jews and Christians. More exchanges are planned next year.

Although many visitors to the center on Sunday were highly educated and already knew much about Islam, they said face-to-face discussions are essential to breaking down hostilities often common among religions.

"If people of all religions got to know each other, hopefully there will be understanding," said Al Wein, of Boynton Beach.

For about 45 minutes, everyone ate together around tables outside the center's parking lot. Representatives of the center went around welcoming the visitors, making sure they served up platefuls of food and felt comfortable. Dozens of youths threw balls, ran around and looked on.

Abdelali Zraouli, 14, of West Palm Beach, said it was a good idea the event took place. "I want a lot of people to know we are not bad people," he said.

Leon Fooksman can be reached at [email protected] or 561-243-6647.
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MIM: A 14 year old Muslim at the Muslim Center of Palm Beach event said he thought the banquet was a good idea because; "I want people to know we are not bad people". The website of the MCPB tells different tale, since the groups which they link to are associated with many very many"bad people"..
The prominent place played by the sermons of Al Sudais shows that they support his view that Jews :Are the descendants of apes and monkeys" and agree with his call to "Kill Jews and American worshippers of the cross".
At the bottom of the Islam page of the MCPB we read that:

This website is maintained by Brother Mahmood Azhar, General Secretary MuslimCommunity of Palm Beach County Incorporated.

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http://www.muslim-community-palmbeach.com/IslamInfo.htm
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Messenger and Servant.
2- Believe in Angels and Prophets of God
3- Belief in the Books of God, - Quran s the last revelation revealed to Prophet
Mohammad (PBOH).
4- Belief in the Day of Judgment, Heaven and Hell
5- Belief that the power to do good or evil lies with the individual

Say (O Muhammad): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Issac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.: Al Quran 3:84

Women in Islam: (Please return for more information in this section later)

Islamic Contributions to Civilization: http://www.islamicart.com/

The Holy Qur'an:

Recitation of The Glorious Qur'an

Al-Sudays Qur'anic Recitation

Glorious Qur'an e-Book

JESUS, THE SON OF MARY (PBUH) Verses From The Glorious Qur'an

Look up verses in the Qur'an

Converts to Islam: Islam is well recognized as the world's fastest growing religion. There are an estimated seven million Muslims in the United States. (post picture of continents with Muslim %s) Read articles in the media about this phenomenon: The Fastest Growing Religion.

PROPHETS, MESSENGERS AND HOLY SCRIPTURES



Muslims in the United States have a beautiful postage stamp commemorating the Eid celebration at the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Recommended Reading: Following are recommended books on Islam. Where available, we have provided links to reviews of these books. Many of these books can be found at your local public library. If the library does not have a book you are looking for, ask the library to order it for you. You may have to wait a few weeks, but there is no charge associated with the service and you will probably learn a lot!

"The Meaning of the Glorious Koran," An Explanatory Translation by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, a Mentor Book Publication. (Also available as: "The Meaning of the Glorious Koran," by Marmaduke Pickthall, Dorset Press, N.Y.).

"The Holy Qur'an," Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, 1934.(Revised Translation and Commentary by Amana Press, 1991).

Other Resources:

"Islam: Empire of Faith" (PBS, on video or DVD): This three-hour program is narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Ben Kingsley. It tells the spectacular story of the great sweep of Islamic power and faith during its first 1,000 years -- from the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to the peak of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent. Historical re-enactments and a remarkable exposition of Islamic art, artifacts and architecture are combined with interviews of scholars from around the world to recount the rise and importance of early Islamic civilization. To read more about this program or order your copy, visit PBS at http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/.

E-BOOKS ON ISLAM AND MUSLIMS

Qur'an Recitation, Lectures, and English Narration of the Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an

Women In Islam (Special 11 page feature article by Dr.Hasan Al-Turabi) (pdf)

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Beginner's Introduction ( Introductory reading about Islam)

An Introduction to Islam ( written by Muslim Student Associations, USC chapter)

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Latin American Muslim Unity (LAMU) (Under construction)

Latin American Muslims

Alt.Muslim (News and views about Muslim activism in Americas and world wide) (Under Construction)

Muslim Legacy in Early Americas: West Africans, Moors and Amerindians (History of Muslims)

Islam in Japan (Introdution)

MUSLIMS IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT (Read the pdf files at the bottom of the page)

MUSLIM HISTORY 570 - 1950 C.E. (Read the pdf files at the bottom of the page)

Why Islam? website

Columns and articles by Michael Wolfe

Islam and Columbus' America: Lessons We Can Learn from the Fall of Islamic Spain

Islam in Britain. BBC special "Introduction to Islam"

Muslim Organizations:

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

American Muslim Alliance

Islamic Society of North America

Islamic Circle of North America

Muslim American Society Muslim Students Association

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