Islamic Center to hold prayer service for EL community
Graduate law student Megren Mohammed bends down in prayer during the fourth prayer of the day Monday at the Islamic Center of East Lansing, 920 S. Harrison Road. After the prayer there was a special acknowledgement to remember those that lost their lives in the September 11 attack, and also to welcome Osama Bin Laden’s death.
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Members of the Islamic Center of Greater Lansing, 920 South Harrison Road, will hold a service at 9 p.m. tonight at the center to pray for America in response to the killing of Osama bin Laden, head of terrorist group al Qaeda. The service is open to all community members.
The death of bin Laden and its significance will be discussed after the evening prayer.
Students and other community members, regardless of their religion, should feel free to come to the center to better understand Islam and the Muslim community, said Mahmoud Mousa, president of the center
“If they have any questions, they should come to us and ask us rather than having fear,” Mousa said. “(We want) just to reach out to others and let them feel safe and secure (and) not to (be) scared of the stereotypes (of) those who tried to create Islamophobia.”
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Arafat
(05/03/11 5:37pm)Report
http://www.rightsidenews.com/201003229181/world/terrorism/the-myth-of-qthe-small-fringeq.html
MaximumBob
(05/04/11 1:31pm)Report
“Islamophobia”.
Damn those pesky “-phobias”.
I can’t open a newspaper without seeing a body count related to “Islamophobia”. Cafe bombings, school explosions, beheadings …
Cruise through this guy’s parking lot and just TRY to spot one of those “COEXIST” bumper stickers.
Good luck with that.
Arafat
(05/04/11 10:10pm)Report
Why should we be phobic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtiKorMw9zg
It’s not as if they’re threatening our way of life or anything. LOL.