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August as ‘Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month’ in California

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California State Assembly to Proclaim August as ‘Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month’

(SACRAMENTO, CA, 7/29/16) – On Monday, August 1, the California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) will join Assembly member Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) in the presentation of House Resolution 59, which recognizes the month of August 2016 as “Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month.”

WHAT: Presentation of HR 59, to Recognize August 2016 as “Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month

WHEN: Program begins at 11:30 a.m.; Resolution Presentation, 1 p.m.

WHERE: Program – Capitol Room 2163; Resolution Presentation – Assembly Floor

CONTACT: CAIR-Sacramento Valley Programs Consultant Maheen Ahmed, 916.605.6099, mahmed@sacval.cair.com; CAIR-Sacramento Valley Executive Director Basim Elkarra, 916.441.6269, belkarra@cair.com
“I am proud to celebrate the first ever Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month by honoring generations of Muslim Americans for their many social, cultural, and economic contributions to California,” Assembly member Quirk stated. “The rhetoric surrounding this election makes the presentation of this resolution more important for me,” he said. “It is appropriate to acknowledge and promote awareness of the myriad invaluable contributions of Muslim Americans in California and across the country, and extend to them the respect and camaraderie every American deserves.”

CAIR-CA’s recently-released Civil Rights Report indicates that bias incidents spiked by 58 percent between 2014 and 2015, which is attributed to public hostility generated by international acts of violence and hateful rhetoric utilized by candidates since the start of the election cycle.

A total of 1,556 incidents were reported to CAIR-California over the course of the 2015-year. These included complaints involving: employment discrimination, federal law enforcement questioning, housing discrimination, immigration issues, hate crimes, school bullying, and several categories.

SEE: 2016 CAIR-CA Civil Rights Report

“During these difficult times of increased anti-Muslim rhetoric and hate incidents, Assembly member Quirk’s resolution and recognition of Muslim Americans is uplifting for our community and immensely appreciated,” said CAIR-Sacramento Valley Executive Director Basim Elkarra. “It is truly a historic moment for all Californians.”

CAIR-CA is a chapter of CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

La misión de CAIR es mejorar la comprensión del Islam, fomentar el diálogo, proteger las libertades civiles, capacitar a los musulmanes estadounidenses, y construir coaliciones que promuevan la justicia y la comprensión mutua.

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I want to tell myself I can't believe what I'm reading, but this isn't surprising to me, yet I'm still livid.

Celebrate muslims? The people who follow islam? Well, lets get a reminder of islam yeah?

Quran (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"

Quran (8:67) - "It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he had made a great slaughter in the land..."

Quran (9:123) - "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness."

Sahih Bukhari (52:260) - "...The Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' "

Sahih Bukhari (52:220) - Allah's Apostle said... 'I have been made victorious with terror'

Bukhari (52:73) - "Allah's Apostle said, 'Know that Paradise is under the shades of swords'."

Sahih Bukhari (52:177) - Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."

Bukhari (6:60:79) The Jews brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." 'Abdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar-Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. 'Abdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones.

Yes, Mohammed stoned lovers to death.

....and there's much more from camel piss drinking, wife beating, slavery, pedophilia.

Muslim appreciation month, not only after knowing how VILE this cult is but after the MANY INNOCENTS who died in the US, France, Germany, and STILL ARE DYING WORLDWIDE?!?!? I seriously want to punch people who cry "islamophobia". You disrespectful absolute sacks of shit keep indirectly promoting these idiots to hurt people in the west, people in the middle east, people EVERYWHERE just because you want to sound nice. You don't sound nice, you sound like bloody knobheads, and moderate muslims are ignoramuses that sound no different. Moderate muslims didn't kill anyone but the religion of islam ordered the death of said innocents who have been murdered for centuries (and still are), I'm not "sick" of people sugar coating islam I've always been disgusted by it. These people are no different than people who'd want to normalize Nazism. It's seriously like someone going "it's ok that they're meth-heads", no, no it's okay. You help the junkie, not encourage them you fuckwits. Yeah people should vilify muslims, no I'm not an asshole, defending islam is unethical.

I want to click on that end all life button now. EFILISM NOW.

 
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I don't think they can legally do this. It violates the Establishment Clause because it holds promotes one religion over others. There's like a whole thing to look at if it violates but I just took the bar exam last week and I don't remember the exact test and I'm not looking it up...

Regardless of what the exact words are I really don't think they can do this.
 
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Yeah, this won't fly as it seems to violate the separation of church and state.

On another note, I feel Islam has nothing worthwhile to offer a modern liberal society and more than appreciation of any inherently good quality of Islam this is just more fetishisation of "minorities" by the regressive left.
 
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Dear Dumb, Ignorant Cunt:

The second most revered prophet in Islam (second only to the prophet Mohammed) is Jesus Christ.

We have far more in common with Muslims than we have differences.

Perhaps you might consider the fact that war criminals named Bush and Obama have been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in nations where the majority of citizens are Muslim.

Have you ever considered that perhaps they may not be cool with the fact that our illegal invasion of their nations caused the deaths of their parents, spouse, children, friends; destroyed their homes and life?

I know that only 9/11, everyone (myself included) was bloodthirsty for revenge because the terrorists killed 2,000 of our folks. Why do we foolishly believe that other human beings wouldn't have similar reactions when their homeland and way of life is destroyed?

We should be just as outraged when an innocent civilian in Iraq is killed as we are when innocent civilians in Nice are killed. The reality is that a baby born in Baghdad has the same value as a baby born in Manhattan, as a baby born in Jerusalem, as a baby born in Nairobi, as a baby born in Rio, as a baby born in Beijing; ALL human life is precious!!! Until we as a society understand that, nothing will change.

I doubt an ignorant cunt like you will ever understand or accept this truth but thankfully those with one iota of compassion and wisdom will.
 
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Jesus Christ was a cunt of a human being according to the bible. (I'd spit on his face if I met him tbh)

I am not a christian, I realize America is built around secular values. Modern America is VERY different from the laws of islam, and if you're a christian you probably despise modern America with a passion for not following the shitty barbaric laws of christinaity.

Most of the muslims in America are not related to people who died in the middle east, I however know many friends who have people who died in Iraq and Palestine and happen to be a middle eastern who lives in the middle east. You don't get to fucking talk to me like I don't know how the west buttfucked the middle east, that still doesn't excuse muslims to follow islam, practicing islam and praising the cult should not be tolerated anywhere (the same goes for christianity, though islam is a bigger problem as of now because of the bigger population of genuine muslims). I do not hate muslims, but I will not defend their stupid beliefs and I will tell the world that they deserve vilification for wanting to subscribe to a cult like islam.

You know fuck all about me.

Just to make you realize how ignorant you are, here's a very old thread of mine.

http://www.wrestlingforum.com/anything/1836418-paris-attack-apathy-world-suffering-political-propaganda.html

Enjoy reading & realizing how clueless you are.
 
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But this is a response to increased bias and persecution Miss Sally, it's not just for the sake of it as it would be if they did it for every religion.

If they had unbiased pro Western studies and appreciation in the East, do you think less people would become involved to terrorism? I do, if preaching hate is so effective why wouldn't preaching peace be?

Terrorism and hate crime thrive on dehumanisation of others IMO.
 
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So reading the OP, isn't this about appreciating American Muslims contributions to society rather than the religion of Islam?

I don't subscribe to any major philosophy or religion, I don't feel I have a huge amount to learn from Islam either....but that doesn't mean muslims therefore lack social worth.

Who thinks it's right that Muslim families are suffering more persecution in the US year on year? Regardless of how they live their lives?


'Us and Them' is a dangerous mindset that dehumanises individuals. Your average American Muslim family have no more in common with terrorists than your average church going American family does with the West borough Baptists IMO.


I'd happily take every Muslim American involved in this project into the UK before someone as dangerously hateful as Ghandi and he is an atheist which is closer to my beliefs than any religious group.
 
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So you like inviting people who potentially think you're trash?

Quran (5:80) - "You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve; certainly evil is that which their souls have sent before for them, that Allah became displeased with them and in chastisement shall they abide."

Quran (53:29) - "Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire nothing but the life of this world."

Quran (98:6) - "Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures."

Quran (3:28) - "Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them..."

A true muslim does not befriend non believers to avoid hell.
A true muslim thinks non believers are the worst of creatures.


You'd take in a bunch of people who subscribe to the religion with the verses/texts shown in the OP? The same religion that when practiced have people acting like ISIS? The same people who have mixed groups who either are cookie cutter muslims (who might become radical at any moment as they already are) to genuine muslims (who are what we call radical)? A LOT of moderates fall in love with ISIS, because ISIS makes them realize what true islam is, and moderates realize ISIS are the REAL muslims and they decide to follow them. You want these people in?

Are you insane? Most likely very ignorant, maybe a little insane.

I'm not dehumanizing anyone, I'm vilifying their choice to self identify as followers of islam. I'm vilifying their choice of praising a scumbag like Mohammed, praising a vile book like the quran, indirectly creating more genuine muslims, indirectly supporting ISIS, their desire to spread hate to innocents, and practicing islam.

You can bark all you want about how hateful I am, but you are hateful about other people's beliefs as well be it justifying pedophilia or justifying rape and in your case right now, justifying the vilification of muslims. Also you make it sound like I don't agree with the vilification of christians, oh, but I do. All who subscribe to the desert cults of Abraham deserve immediate criticism solely because of what's in their holy texts.

Though lets assume you give me this "but they're moderates who don't follow their religion entirely", well, that makes them intellectually dishonest hypocrites. Do you like hanging around hypocrites? Especially hypocrites in matters major to their lives? I assume you also like hanging around liars, cheaters, and manipulators?

You don't know shit about islam or how muslims operate, sit the fuck down. :kobe14

Finally whether you like it or not, I'll become your fellow Englishman because of a fellow English lass I happen to be in love with soon enough and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. Now bark about how you wanna deport all English people close to me who have my views. (oh, and most of them were influenced by me :))
 
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