RE: my very own khutba!

salaam, itrath,

what they are doing is horrible. please don't let them discourage you from 
the community. this community is as much yours as it is theirs. the local 
mosque belongs to all. and you are right, the right of one minority is not 
safe as long as another's right is violated. as martin luther king, jr., 
said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. so, stay strong.

i'm sure you know as a politician of good direction you will always face 
road blocks. there are many people on your side in your community,  party 
and outside.


Afdhere Jama
Editorial Director
HURIYAH Publications
PO BOX 423343
San Francisco, CA 94142
tel: [1] 415.517.0055
e-mail: [email protected]
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>From: Itrath Syed <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: Muslim community debate and 
>discussion<[email protected]>
>To: pmn <[email protected]>
>Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] my very own khutba!
>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:42:28 -0700
>
>
>salaam all,
>
>just wanted to tell you all about my experience today at juma.  as you know
>i am running for election here for the ndp - a left wing social democratic
>party.  this riding has a large muslim community.  today at juma, after
>being disallowed to speak to the community as i had originally planned, i
>had the experience of listening to an entire khutba dedicated to me,
>explicating how the community should not support me.  it seems my support
>for equal civil rights in canada, which includes equal marriage legislation
>that allows for same-sex marriage, puts me outside the muslim community.
>
>i grew up in this community, my parents built this community, and today is
>the last day that i will ever go to the local mosque.  i can be flippant
>about the complete stupidity of people who can't see that their own
>protection as a minority community is intimately connected to the principle
>of the protection of all people in canada.  however, i must admit that i am
>utterly devastated.  this is excruciatingly painful and i have never in my
>life felt more alone than i do today.  i have been receiving hate mail and
>the local muslim community paper is planning to print all of the letters
>they received in the next issue.  my parents are also being placed in the
>middle of this and that is perhaps the worst part of it all.
>
>itrath
>
>
>
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