Washington Report, April 2006, page 64

Muslim-American Activism

CAIR Condemns Iraq Attacks on Shrine, Mosques

	(L-r) CAIR spokeswoman Rabiah Ahmed; Imam Nahidian of Manassas, VA Mosque; Imam Muhammad Majid of All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center, Herndon, VA; Imam Syed R. Naqvi of the Jaffaria Islamic Center, Kissimmee, FL; Imam Johari Abdul-Malik of the Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations; and CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad (Photo Courtesy CAIR).

THE Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a Feb. 22 news conference at its Capitol Hill headquarters to condemn the attacks on a Shi’i Muslim shrine and on Sunni mosques in Iraq. Local Sunni and Shi’i leaders took part in the news conference, calling for calm and unity.

“The atrocious attack on the Askariya shrine is an obvious attempt to incite sectarian violence,” said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad. “The Iraqi people, and Muslims worldwide, must not fall into the trap set by those who seek division and mutual hatred.” Sectarian violence serves only the enemies of Iraq and the Iraqi people, Awad emphasized.

—Courtesy CAIR