NYC subways may see Ramadan ads
-
- July
- 23
The always colorful U.S. Rep. Peter King from The Island isn’t too happy about the MTA’s plans to put ads in the subways this Ramadan from a national Muslim group.
The group, the Islamic Circle of North America, wants to run “educational” ads during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month that starts Sept. 1.
But King is antsy because Siraj Wahhaj, the imam of a Brooklyn mosque and a supporter of the ad campaign, was a character witness for Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind cleric who was convicted for overseeing the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
“He is a known Islamic extremist, and you would be giving him credibility and stature through a known government facility,” King tells CNN.
Wahhaj says he spoke for Abdel-Rahman in the context of “what we knew about him before the incident.”
NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg has offered some support for the ad campaign, drawing applause from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
King noted that the ads would be up on the anniversary of 9/11.
The Islamic Circle of North America says this about it ad campaign:
Due to the presence of much negativity and Islamophobia, the general public has the daunting task of sifting through uninformed and biased sources before they can find reliable outlets. We are providing an opportunity to anyone who has questions to have them answered by informed Muslims.
This entry was posted
on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 4:22 pm by Gary Stern.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print
| 
Email
The world of religion, we don't have to tell you, is vast. The purpose of this blog is for Stern to note, flag and comment on some of the more interesting religious developments on the scene – weighty and quirky, somber and laughable, far away and just down the road. He won't interpret Scripture, take sides in conflicts or judge anyone. But he will take advantage of the journalist's license to observe.
I find it completely absurd that this day in age such ignorance and biast still exists. I am an american and converted to Islam in 2002. Isn’t this a country of free speech?? Almost every single day when I get on the Brooklyn bound “J” train, a man get’s on the train preaching from the bible. I have to sit there and listen to it and is the man ever prevented from doing this? No, he’s not. Why not? Because of his constitutional right to free speech. I’ve never seen anyone on the train reading from the Quran. If such an action took place, they would probably be arrested for terrostic activity and taken away by Homeland Security. Where are the equal rights on this country????? I would like to know who is it hurting to have Islam ads on the subway??? It’s okay to have condom ads and sex ads all over the city but heaven forbid their be a sign on the subway that says Headscarf? or Prophet Mohammad?
For those that want to know the more about Islam. download and watch the following documentary, it will open your eyes…..no conspiracy theories or race bashing, just the facts
Islam: What the west needs to know
http://www.mininova.org/get/700170
just the truth according to who???? I can give you the truth of christinaity or judaism according to whomever wrote it at the time and what their views are. People believe what they chose to believe, which most of the time has nothing to do with the truth. I can make a red fire hydrant green if I have you look at it through green colored lenses