OHIO MUSLIMS TO HELP CLEAN BURNED CHURCH

[safar]

OHIO MUSLIMS TO HELP CLEAN BURNED CHURCH


(COLUMBUS, OH, 6/17/05) - On Saturday, June 18, representatives of the Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OH) and members of the interfaith community in central Ohio will help clean fire damage at Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Columbus. The church was gutted by an accidental fire several weeks ago.

WHAT: Muslims Help Clean Fire Damage at Ohio Church
WHEN: Saturday, June 18, 8 a.m. to Noon
WHERE: 1097 Camden Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
CONTACT: CAIR-OH, Dr. Ahmad Al-A****s, 614-989-5916, E-Mail: ahmad@cair-ohio.com

CAIR-OH's participation in the clean-up effort is part of the group's national "Muslims Care" campaign designed to promote volunteerism in the American Muslim community.

[Theja]

Wonderful gesture. An example worth emulating throughout the Muslim world.

[Malik]

Muslims in America do some really wonderful things, it is too bad that there are those that do not wish to let the rest of Americans, or the world, know what goes on.

Thanx Safar for announcement.

[safar]

Malik, Muslims all over the world do wonderful things but we don't have the media to get the word out.

[Boogski]

Originally posted by safar

Malik, Muslims all over the world do wonderful things but we don't have the media to get the word out.

And why is that? Could it be because of the repressive regimes which tend to rule Muslim Countries?

Nations which are ruled by Muslim Clerics are either laughed at or exploited by the normal world. Get modern, or get lost.

[safar]

None of the Muslim countries are ruled by Islamic clerics. Most are Western supported Monrachies or Western supported dicatatorships.

One of the reasons is that Muslims have no influence on the world media, hopefully it will change.

[Theja]

I think you should consider Iran where unelected clerics hold the power.

A few days ago I saw an Iranian interviewed by a TV crew, and he said he wished for the freedom to speak his mind and not be afraid of 'the knock on the door'.

In the name of Allah, many newspapers have been shut down in Iran. Of course, the unelected clerics ordered the closures and arrest of the owners and editors.