US Muslims' Million March to Mark 9/11
Falling victims to bullying and stereotyping over the past twelve years, an American Muslim organization has organized a one million people march in Washington DC on 9/11 anniversary, hoping to generate awareness about civil rights violations they have endured.
“We at AMPAC (American Political Action Committee) are planning an historic event for 9.11.13 where one million Muslims will march to Washington DC and demand that our civil rights be protected by our government,” the group said in a statement published on their website.
“We are demanding that laws be enacted protecting our 1st amendment.
“We are asking President Obama to fulfill his promise from his first campaign for Presidency of a transparent government.
“Lastly we are asking for the release of the 9/11 commission report to the American people.
The event, first announced in January, is being organized by the American Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC).
It was planned to protest human rights violations which Muslims have endured since the attack.
"The entire country was victimized by the acts done on that day," says a statement on the organization's website.
"Muslim and non-Muslim alike were traumatized, but we as Muslims continue 12 years later to be victimized by being made the villains.
“To this day, every media outlet and anti-Islamic organization has committed slanderous and libel statements against us as Muslims and our religion of Islam."
Though there are no official estimates, the US is home to from 7-8 million Muslims.
An earlier Gallup poll found that the majority of Americans Muslims are loyal to their country and optimistic about their future in the United States.
Since the 9/11 attacks on the United States, many Muslims have complained of facing discrimination and stereotypes in the society because of their Islamic attires or identities.
Protesters will also urge the government to reveal “the truth” about 9/11, which Hodge claims has been partially covered up by the US government.
“We want to hold President Obama accountable for his empty promises of creating a transparent government” Hodge said. “What exactly have we spent all our money, lost lives and taken lives for? The entire record of the 9/11 Commission [Report] has never been released.”
The organization says the Sept. 11 march will be "an historic event," with Muslims demanding "that our civil rights be protected by our government.
“We American Muslims reject violence and terrorism, and defend the Constitutional rights of all Americans,” MD Alam, founder of AMPAC, said in a separate press release.
“Every year on September 11th, beginning in 2012, we will be marching in Washington, DC as we build toward our goal of bringing one million American Muslims to march in our nation’s capital.”
The AMPAC hopes to repeat the success of the 1995 Million Man March, another a large gathering on the National Mall, in which an estimated 1.5-2 million protesters stood up for African-American civil rights to “convey to the world a vastly different picture of the Black male.”
Source: On Islam
“We are demanding that laws be enacted protecting our 1st amendment.
“We are asking President Obama to fulfill his promise from his first campaign for Presidency of a transparent government.
“Lastly we are asking for the release of the 9/11 commission report to the American people.
The event, first announced in January, is being organized by the American Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC).
It was planned to protest human rights violations which Muslims have endured since the attack.
"The entire country was victimized by the acts done on that day," says a statement on the organization's website.
"Muslim and non-Muslim alike were traumatized, but we as Muslims continue 12 years later to be victimized by being made the villains.
“To this day, every media outlet and anti-Islamic organization has committed slanderous and libel statements against us as Muslims and our religion of Islam."
Though there are no official estimates, the US is home to from 7-8 million Muslims.
An earlier Gallup poll found that the majority of Americans Muslims are loyal to their country and optimistic about their future in the United States.
Since the 9/11 attacks on the United States, many Muslims have complained of facing discrimination and stereotypes in the society because of their Islamic attires or identities.
Protesters will also urge the government to reveal “the truth” about 9/11, which Hodge claims has been partially covered up by the US government.
“We want to hold President Obama accountable for his empty promises of creating a transparent government” Hodge said. “What exactly have we spent all our money, lost lives and taken lives for? The entire record of the 9/11 Commission [Report] has never been released.”
The organization says the Sept. 11 march will be "an historic event," with Muslims demanding "that our civil rights be protected by our government.
“We American Muslims reject violence and terrorism, and defend the Constitutional rights of all Americans,” MD Alam, founder of AMPAC, said in a separate press release.
“Every year on September 11th, beginning in 2012, we will be marching in Washington, DC as we build toward our goal of bringing one million American Muslims to march in our nation’s capital.”
The AMPAC hopes to repeat the success of the 1995 Million Man March, another a large gathering on the National Mall, in which an estimated 1.5-2 million protesters stood up for African-American civil rights to “convey to the world a vastly different picture of the Black male.”
Source: On Islam
