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Muslim worshipers celebrate Eid al Fitr while national news reports rising hostilities toward their faith Date published: 9/11/2010
BY AMY FLOWERS UMBLE
About 8 a.m yesterday, a crowd started gathering at the Fredericksburg Field House. Brightly colored dresses radiated in the sunlight. Jewelry sparkled and jingled. A throng of worshipers came to the athletic center off Tidewater Trail for Eid al-Fitr. The holy day draws hundreds of Muslims locally, more than can fit in the area's mosque in Spotsylvania County. At the same time on the morning news shows, hosts discussed the Muslim faith, the controversies over the proposed Manhattan mosque and a Florida preacher's indecision over burning hundreds of copies of the Quran. Pundits theorized about growing anti-Islamic sentiment. But after embracing friends and family, about 700 area Muslims laid down their prayer mats on the soft artificial grass and recited the prayers set aside for Eid al-Fitr, the celebratory end of Ramadan. Children giggled. Cameras flashed. Adults exclaimed, "Eid Mubarak!" The festivities are similar to Easter for Christians--celebratory and jovial. But the gathered worshipers didn't forget that their faith was plastered all over the newspapers, Internet blogs and cable news shows. Imam Sami Shamma told the group their devotions should be louder than "the noises of unreason." He spoke to the crowd about Pastor Terry Jones, who planned to burn copies of the Quran at his Florida church. Shamma had just delivered a brief sermon, saying Ramadan was a time to practice patience and biting your tongue. And he exhorted the Muslims to keep those habits beyond Ramadan. He continued the theme while talking about Jones and said, "We respond to them with the manners of the Muslim. We do not respond in kind. We do not go out and retaliate and do the things our Muslim faith would not allow us to do." Shamma also spoke of the mosque proposed two blocks from Ground Zero. Nationally, the Islamic center has brought a firestorm of controversy, and polls say the majority of Americans opposes the location of the mosque. Shamma did not take a side in the debate, but said, "We take exception to the idea that our presence by itself defaces the area and is insensitive." Members of the Islamic Center of Fredericksburg said Shamma's timely words were a perfect complement to Eid. "He should talk about these things," said Mohammad Karimi. "These are in the news worldwide."
Date published: 9/11/2010
and no gays or abortion doctors are ever killed because of
whats in the bible. That whole book of Leviticus is filled with
wonderful reasons to kill people. Im just pointing all religious
books are pretty messed up to keep people acting "moral".
was Bob Dylan. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/stoning-womans-children-turned-away-from-prison/story-e6frf7jx-1225918605512
My grandma was a Rif from Morocco. I have been to Morocco, Syria, Jordan and Israel. Have you? I suggest that you travel to Mecca and walk about with a bible, wearing the Western clothing that you consider modest and appropriate. You will get to know the Mutawwa'?n. http://www.google.com/images?q=saudi+religious+police&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=mxGMTIvaEsKqlAeFy4Fj&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQsAQwAw&biw=76 Enjoy yourself!
From Deuteronomy: If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the
wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go
and worship other gods" (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, 7
gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land
to the other), 8 do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not
spare him or shield him. 9 You must certainly put him to death.
Out of 700 Muslims, you'd think at least one of them could catch an infidel and shorten him with a scimitar. What's the matter, you don't have that "fact?"
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