Assalaamu alaikum
Alhamdulillah and I think this was great for da'wah. Brother Habib, were you
there
Allahumma salli wasallim alaa Nabiyyina Muhammad. Wasalaam.
Modou Mbye
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Subject: CAIR-NET: Muslims Mark End of Ramadan at White House Gathering
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> AMERICAN MUSLIMS MARK END OF RAMADAN AT WHITE HOUSE GATHERING
> President tells Muslim leaders that there is "much that the world can
> learn from Islam"
>
> (WASHINGTON, DC - 1/11/2000) - Representatives of a number of local,
> regional and national American Muslim organizations marked the end of
> the month-long fast of Ramadan yesterday with an event hosted by
> President Clinton. The gathering came at the conclusion of Eid ul-
> Fitr (eed-al-fitter), or "feast of fast breaking," that is celebrated
> following Ramadan.
>
> The president was introduced by Imam Yahya Hendi, the first Muslim
> chaplain at Georgetown University, and by Na'imah Saleem, a young
> Muslim who read an essay on the value of Ramadan. National Security
> Advisor Sandy Berger and Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh were
> also in attendance.
>
> "Events such as this are symbolic of the Muslim community's
> increasing prominence in American society," said CAIR National
> Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, who attended the gathering.
>
> Hooper added that at the conclusion of the formal presentations, he
> asked President Clinton to support an end to the use of secret
> evidence in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) deportation
> hearings. Many American Muslims and civil libertarians believe secret
> evidence is unconstitutional and that it is used disproportionately
> against members of the Muslim and Arab-American communities.
>
> Excerpts from President Clinton's remarks:
>
> "Let me say...that there is much that the world can learn from Islam.
> It is now practiced by one of every four people on Earth. Americans
> are learning more in our schools and universities. Indeed, I remember
> that our daughter took a course on Islamic history in high school and
> read large portions of the Koran, and came home at night and educated
> her parents about it, and later asked us questions about it...
>
> "...Today, Muslim Americans are a cornerstone of our American
> community. They enrich our political and cultural life; they provide
> leadership in every field of human endeavor, from business to
> medicine, to scholarship. And I think it is important that the
> American people are beginning to learn that Muslims trace their roots
> to all parts of the globe -- not just to the Middle East, but also to
> Africa, and to Asia, and to the Balkans and other parts of Europe...
>
> "...But like other groups past and present in America, Muslim
> Americans also have faced from time to time -- and continue to face,
> sadly, from time to time -- discrimination, intolerance and, on
> occasion, even violence. There are still too many Americans who know
> too little about Islam. Too often stereotypes fill the vacuum
> ignorance creates. That kind of bigotry is wrong, [it] has no place
> in American society."
>
> There are an estimated six million Muslims in this country and some
> 1.2 billion worldwide. Islam is one of the fastest growing religions
> in America.
>
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