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Muslim Leaders Arrested At White House Sit-In |
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Moe |
06/27/01 at 15:37:59 |
MUSLIM LEADERS ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE SIT-IN TO PROTEST SHARON VISIT (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/26/2001) - Leaders of six national American Muslim organizations were arrested in a non-violent "sit-in" outside the White House to protest today's meeting between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Those arrested during the act of civil disobedience included the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), as well as representatives from American Muslim Council (AMC), American Muslims for Jerusalem (AMJ), Muslim American Society (MAS), Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), and Solidarity International for Human Rights. "Today we sent a message to President Bush that he should not legitimize a world leader who has the blood of so many innocent Christians and Muslims on his hands. This was also a message to the people of our nation that they should not remain silent as Israel brutalizes the Palestinian people using weapons paid for with American tax dollars," said CAIR Board Chairman Omar Ahmad. Ahmad added that Sharon might view Bush's uncritical support as a "green light" to carry out further attacks on the Palestinians. Prior to the sit-in, several hundred people of all faiths protested Sharon's visit with signs and chants in Lafayette Park just across from the White House. There are an estimated seven million Muslims in America and some 1.2 billion worldwide. SEE: www.cair-net.org/mosquereport |
Re: Muslim Leaders Arrested At White House Sit-In |
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Arsalan |
06/28/01 at 03:12:39 |
With the Name of God, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful American Muslim Council Media Department 202-789-2262 For Immediate Release June 26, 2001 Muslim Leaders Arrested for Protesting Sharon’s Visit to the White House People of Conscious of All Faiths Protest Bush’s Hosting Ariel Sharon at the White House (Washington, DC, June 25, 2001) – Six leaders of major American Muslim organizations were arrested today for an act of civil disobedience in front of the White House expressing their outrage that President Bush received Ariel Sharon. At least five-hundred protestors from all faiths and ethnicities demonstrated in front of the White House demanding the arrest of Ariel Sharon for a track record of war crimes. Abdurahman Alamoudi of the American Muslim Council (AMC), Khalid Turaani of American Muslims for Jerusalem (AMJ), Yasir Bushnaq of Solidarity International for Human Rights (SIHR), Mahdi Bray of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), Shaker El-Sayed of the Muslim American Society (MAS), and Nihad Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) expressed their solidarity with the Palestinians whose lives, land, and homes are under the siege of occupation. The protesters represented a wide spectrum of American people of conscious who fear Sharon’s visit to the White House would result in further aid to Israeli occupation funded by U.S. taxpayers. Currently Israel receives over $4 billion every year in monetary and military aid in the name of self-defense. This aid includes F-16s and Apache helicopter gunships that target civilians, in direct defiance of U.S. arms procurement laws. Abdurahman Alamoudi gave a message to the Palestinian people, “Humbly, this is our meager contribution to your struggle. I wish we could do more.” Among the protestors were representatives of the Orthodox Jewish Neturei Karta, affirming that Zionism and Israel-style Apartheid is not condoned by the Jewish faith. The arrest of the Muslim leaders only strengthened the resolve of the protestors whose call to justice and peace in Palestine grew stronger and chants against Sharon grew louder. National and international media were present to cover the protest. # # # FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Contact: AMC Communications and Media 202-789-2262 x 205 media@amconline.org **AMC NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT. OUR EFFORTS DEPEND ON YOU. **MAKE YOUR DONATION TODAY. **CONTRIBUTE TO AMC EVERY TIME YOU SPEND. **APPLY FOR YOUR MEF PLATINUM VISA CARD AT www.amconline.org /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV THE AMERICAN MUSLIM COUNCIL 1212 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW, SUITE 400 WASHINGTON, DC 20005 PHONE : (202) 789-2262 FAX : (202) 789-2550 E-MAIL : amc@amconline.org V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V |
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