Assalaamu wa alaikum
Allahumma salli wasallim alaa Nabiyyina Muhammad. Wasalaam.
Modou Mbye
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Subject: CAIR-NET: Muslims Hold Prayers Near JFK Airport for EgyptAir Crash
Victims


> In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> MUSLIMS HOLD PRAYERS NEAR JFK AIRPORT FOR EGYPTAIR CRASH VICTIMS
> New York Mayor Guliani attends service and offers support for families
>
> (WASHINGTON, DC - 10/31/99) - American Muslim religious leaders held a
> prayer service today at the Ramadan Hotel near JFK International Airport
> in New York for those who died in EgyptAir Flight 990. Participants
> included local and national Islamic leaders as well as family members of
> the EgyptAir passengers. New York Mayor Rudolf Guliani was also in
> attendance.
>
> The prayer, called salat al-ghaib (sa-lat all-guy-ib), was led by Imam
> Muhammad Al-Hanooti. Salat al-ghaib is performed for Muslims who have
> died in a distant place. (Egypt is an overwhelmingly Muslim country.)
>
> The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based
> Islamic advocacy group, coordinated the airport services along with local
> Muslim leaders. CAIR flew in Imam Al-Hanooti from his home in Northern
> Virginia. Similar prayers were held at the Islamic Center of Long Island.
> The center's communication director Ghazi Khankan organized these
> prayers.
>
> Following the prayer service, Mayor Guliani held a news briefing at which
> Al-Hanooti and CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad were present.
>
> CAIR is helping to make sure that families of any Muslim passengers
> waiting in New York or Los Angeles are provided with Islamic religious
> leaders who can offer comfort and support. The group's representatives,
> along with leaders of the Muslim community, are in both cities to assist
> in that effort. CAIR is calling on other American Muslim communities to
> offer prayers (duaa) for the crash victims.
>
> There are an estimated six million Muslims in this country and some 1.2
> billion worldwide.
>
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