MUSLIMS FOR A BETTER NORTH CAROLINA
ENDORSES JOHN KERRY
FOR PRESIDENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GREENSBORO - Muslims for a Better North
Carolina Saturday endorsed John
Kerry's run for the presidency of the United
States and urged Muslims in North
Carolina to vote for the Kerry/Edwards ticket
on Nov. 2.
"John Kerry is a Catholic and has a strong
faith," said
Badi Ali,
president
of Muslims for a Better North Carolina, "but
Kerry isn't determined to impose
his belief system on Americans and the world."
Kerry and his running mate, North Carolina' own
John Edwards, support a
revamping of the USA PATRIOT Act, a sweeping
piece of legislation proposed by a
fear-mongering
Bush
administration in the aftermath of the
September 11, 2001,
attacks on New York and Washington. The PATRIOT
Act itself constricts freedoms
guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, by
allowing "sneak-and-peak" searches by
F.B.I. agents and suspicionless covert
investigations of all religious houses
of worship across the United States.
Kerry and Edwards, with support from both
Republicans and Democrats in the
U.S. Congress, seeks to restore many American
freedoms stolen by the Bush
administration and the PATRIOT Act in the name
of fear.
On the war in
Iraq,
Kerry's adamant support of a world-wide coalition to
restore order to Iraq is more even-handed than
Bush's heavy-handed, "you with us
or you're against us" approach.
Kerry's vision for peace in the Middle East,
Ali said, is much more like that
of former President Bill Clinton, who worked
openly and fairly to create a
lasting peace n the area. The Bush
administration's forays into the Middle East
on all fronts have done nothing but increase
tensions and hatred toward Americans.
A Kerry/Edwards will in November may be the
difference between bringing peace
and understanding to the Middle East and the
world and continued war, death a
nd despair advocated by the policies of the
Bush administration.
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