With the 2016 race for the White House in full swing, Awad warned that perpetrators of attacks such as the one in Orlando “mean only to divide us” and called for calm on the political front. “It’s got nothing to do with religion”. He said attendees will march from the Freedom Oklahoma office at roughly NW 39 and Classen Blvd.to 39th and Pennsylvania Ave “to show that they can’t scare us”.
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In a couple of weeks, they said a number of Muslim families will join hands in cooking food and serving it to about 260 homeless in downtown Columbia.
‘We are sickened and heartbroken by this appalling attack. In this holy month of Ramadan, we will be offering special prayers for the victims and their families. “There can never be any justification for such cowardly and criminal acts, period”.
Officials said the killings were likely to be ideologically motivated, though there was no information that the gunman was associated with a particular group.
CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, put out a statement today condemning the violence in Orlando and saying the shooter doesn’t represent the ideals of their faith. She doesn’t want people to judge or discriminate against her, because of what one extremist did.
Rizwan Jaka, executive officer of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, said his organization condemns the attack and “rejects any possible motive”. We also offer our support and allyship to the LGBTQ community, which has been a faithful ally against Islamophobia.
The head of a prominent US Muslim advocacy group Sunday strongly condemned the nightclub massacre in Florida, calling members of Daesh an “aberration” amid allegations the gunman was inspired by the militants. We weren’t aware of any action he is taking. You are an aberration, you are an outlaw … they don’t speak for our faith. And the Quran teaches to “Repel evil by that which is better” (41:34)’ said the funding page.
“We will not give into hate”.
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“You know over 25 years ago I believe that in this country we should not be selling automatic weapons which are created to kill people”.
