Starting at the end of this month the Democratic National Convention will open with a focus on Islam.  20,000 Moslems are expected to attend according to the Bureau of Indigenous Moslem Affairs (BIMA), the national Moslem American non-profit coordinating the two days of events they claim are non-political.  "Jumah at the DNC" begins August 29 and will start with a Friday afternoon jummah prayer followed by other unnamed programs and events, leading up to the Islamic Regal Banquet. The following day will be an all day Islamic Cultural and Fun Fest which will include discussions on the topics of Islamaphobia, Anti-Shariah, Middle Eastern Crisis, Patriot Act, National Defense Authorization Act and more.  The purpose, according to BIMA, is to attract national and international attention to the plight of American Moslems and to hold political parties accountable for issues that affect them.  However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
not all Moslems feel that BIMA represents them and M. Zuhdi Jasser M.D., Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, has expressed serious concerns. |