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CUBA CARAVAN
JULY 4: THOUSANDS PROTEST
IRAQ
WAR IN
PHILADELPHIA
[From Sis. Eileen in Camden, New Jersey.]
My husband and I went to a meeting July 3rd of
the caravanistas,
the peace people going by caravan to Cuba to take
medicine, food, etc. We
learned a lot about our country's unfair policies
and propaganda as well as
de-stabilization actions through the years, in
Cuba and all of Latin
American. We really admired those risking losing
all their property to fines
for taking this stand and going to Cuba. Some
have gone every year and some
have been arrested.
July 4th we took the bus to Phila. and went to
the park where a rally was
gathered to protest our country's war in Iraq and
other wars of aggression
and interference we have perpetrated. It was made
up of a coalition of
diverse groups, with diverse agendas, all races,
ages, religions though not
as many Muslims as prior recent one, maybe due to
the
ICNA
conference or
fear. Each organization supported the agendas of
the others and all were
against war.
The speakers we heard were good. One woman really
hit me when
she said that our Bill of Rights is not a list of
rights our government gave
us. Instead it is a list restricting our
government's limiting of freedoms
we already have and are entitled to. Our founders
knew that government would
try to restrict those freedoms of speech,
assembly, voting etc to have more
power. I never thought of it that way.
Considering the heat and all that
was going on, the several thousand marchers
impressed me. I love that so
many young college age folks are active. I don't
care if they are half
dressed, pierced, painted, punk or
anarchist.
They care and they get out
there. About half way after two hours I couldn't
handle the heat anymore,
being middle aged, and stopped to watch them all
go by another street.
Had a lovely conversation with a Japanese
-American photographer who fears
for our
future. There were speakers and music after the
march but we went to the
movies to cool off. I couldn't think of a better
more patriotic way to spend
the fourth than to exercise my first amendment
right and go protest.
It is even sadder for me to attend a rally and
say "Bring the Troops home"
when my
daughter is stationed in Balad where there were
eighteen wounded when she
was in her tent and they had mortar attacks. They
have had a lot of violence
there and the intelligence says a female soldier
is to be kidnapped, raped,
and tortured. Needless to say I am very fearful
as well as proud of her
courage and idealism while hating the fact that
it is misguided by
propaganda, economic need, and lack of facts. I
fear the effect of this on
our family unity.
I also stopped by the ICNA information booth
across from the Liberty Bell
and was pleased to see the information available
on large signs and the
number of people going up for handouts and
questions.
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DEAR IMAM SIRAJ WAHHAJ: YOUR SUPPORT FOR DISNEY
VIOLATES ISLAM AND IS A SLAP
IN THE FACE OF THE
PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE
Imam Siraj Wahhaj
Central Shoora Member of
ISNA
(Islamic Society of
North America)
Amir of MANA
Dear Imam Siraj Wahhaj
asalamu alaikum
I am writing to express my regret that you
are speaking at a program,
endorsed by your group, which will be taking
place in the context of Disney
World and related entertainment. You are an Imam
and I should not have to tell
you what's wrong with Disney. However, you are
far from perfect and as a Muslim
I have the right to correct you on your decision
to connect Islamic activities
with Disney World. Note the following:
1. Disney is controlled by the
Zionists
and is at
the top of the
Boycott Israel
list all over the Muslim world. Disney
funds major
Jewish
organizations in
America
and also has a duplicate, Isra-Disney, in
Israel.
2. Disney endorses Homosexuality and hence is
being boycotted by both
Christians and Muslims who see Homosexuality
opposed in the Bible and the
Qur'an.
3. The Hotel activities and related Disney
activities your group has endorsed
are extremely expensive and such wastefulness is
condemned by the Qur'an.
I am aware that ISNA considers
Israel
a
legitimate entity. However, no
authentic Islamic organization anywhere accepts
Israel as legitimate. By
supporting Disney, you are helping to fund Israel
and Zionist organizations.
I urge you to fear Allah and repent.
Withdraw from the entertainment you
are planning in Orlando. You should instead, as
an Imam, have the courage to
speak out openly against Disney.
Sincerely
Kaukab Siddique
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE PUBLICITY MATERIAL OF SIRAJ
WAHHAJ'S "REUNION" plus the
DISNEY INFORMATION WHICH HIS GROUP HAS
DISTRIBUTED.
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As'Salaam Alaikum, Dear Brothers and Sisters;
Please CLICK ON the Registration Button for
updated information...
The Islamic Crisis Emergency Response System
(ICERS) has scheduled a
historical first - a National Islamic Family
Reunion and Muslims in Hip Hop Conference
& Concert to be held July 24 - 27, 2003 at the
Peabody Hotel and adjacent
Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
We have reserved for your pleasure The Peabody
Orlando, a four star four
diamond hotel directly across from the Jummah,
Conference and Concert venue The
Orlando Orange County Convention Center. Please
call for reservations at 1(800)
Peabody or 1(800) 732-2639 and mention the
Islamic Family Reunion in order to
receive the exclusive rate of $89.00. (Please
note that typical rates during
this period for this world class facility are in
the $150.00 price range).
It is not too late to make your reservation or
change your plans to stay at The
Peabody Orlando. Call today for the special rate
of $89.00!
A MESSAGE FROM IMAM F. QASIM KHAN:
ICERS, and Islamically based social service and
crisis intervention concern,
headquartered in Atlanta, GA and headed by its
founder and Executive Director,
Sister Jamilah Jihad-Wahhaj, was founded in the
winter of 2002. Although
ICERS was initially born out of the acute need
for sheltering homeless single
mothers, it quickly expanded to a wide variety of
constant 24/7 services, such as
sheltering entire families, providing refuge for
battered women, counseling
former prison inmates, suicide intervention, and
more.
With the assistance and support of Dr. Khadijah
Askari, a Family Medicine
physician, many of the clients of ICERS also now
receive much needed medical
examinatios and attention, once neglected as a
result of declining financial
stability. ICERS' efforts have recently begun to
expand as a preparation for the
opening of new branches in Orlando, Cleveland,
New York and Philadelphia.
The National Islamic Family Reunion is designed
to bring awareness to the
Muslim Commmunity of the very heightened need for
unity as well as to be a fund
raiser so that more of the much needed crisis
services may be available. The
reunion, featuring Imam Siraj Wahhaj, Dr.
Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Imam Talib Abdur
Rashid, Minister A. Akbar Muhammad, and others
will also include workshops,
separate broghers and sisters unity breakfasts, a
semi-formal banquet and a
Muslims in Hip Hop Positive Message Conference
and Concert.
The Islamic Family Reunion has enlisted the
performances of such artists as
Dawah Ensemble, Everlast, The Iron Triangle,
Native Deen, Ali Shaheed Muhammad,
Popmaster Fabel and many, many more. Please
click on the Registration Button
for updated information regarding hotel and
conference details.
Your support and attendance is critical to the
success of this program as
well as to the Muslim Community.
We give all praises and thanks to Allah Subhanna
Wa Ta Ala for our
supporters: www.LadyintheShoeProductionsInc.com
, www.ManaNet.org , Orlando
Convention Visitor Bureau, Al Madina Halal Food -
Atlanta, Georgia and Muslim In Hip
Hop and MSA of AUC- Atlanta, Georgia
Your sister in Deen
Jamilah A. Jihad-Wahhaj,
Coordinator
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Orlando's Thrill Rides Spin, Spiral and Splash
Orlandos theme parks are fast becoming a haven
for thrill-seekers in search
of the ultimate adrenaline rush. Home to an
eclectic collection of
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youre looking to test the barriers
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Orlando has enough
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most veteran thrill-ride fanatics.
For the ultimate thrill-seeker be sure not to
miss out on Orlandos
nerve-testing roller coasters.
At Universal Orlandos
Islands of Adventure
, an adrenaline-lovers
paradise, find some of the scariest
roller coasters in town.
You may turn green as youre shot out of a tunnel and
go from 0 to 40 miles-per-hour
in two seconds flat on the Incredible Hulk
Coaster (54 minimum height). Or,
face off on Dueling Dragons (54 minimum height).
Pick from one of two tracks
and reach speeds of up to 55 miles-per-hour as
you nearly collide into the
other coaster. For a little more rock with your
roller coaster, head on over to
Disney-MGM Studios
for a ride on the
coolest coaster in town. Join
Aerosmith as they try to make it to their concert
on time in this out-of-control
cross town limo ride reaching speeds of more than
60 miles-per-hour on Rock
'n' Roller Coaster (48 minimum height). Kraken
(54 minimum height) at
SeaWorld Orlando
takes you on a heart-pounding
journey at speeds of up to 65
miles-per-hour on the only floorless coaster in
town with seven gravity-defying
loops.
If all these loops and sound-barrier breaking
speeds are a little
too fast for your tastes, there are other
roller coasters to test your bravery. The
Magic Kingdom
at Walt Disney World offers two roller coasters that
pretty much the whole family can
scream together on. Speed through space on Space
Mountain (44 minimum height) or
careen through an old mining town on Big Thunder
Mountain (40 minimum height).
On
Epcots
Test Track (40 minimum height) take part in all
the tests
of an automotive proving ground, including racing
up to 60 miles-per-hour.
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