CALLING ALL
VETERANS
STAND
WITH OUR MUSLIM FRIENDS
SAVE THE
DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
27
TIME: 11:00
AM – 1:00 PM
WHERE: Islamic Society of
Boston Cultural Center,
(Largest Mosque in New
England).
ADDRESS: 100 Malcolm X
Blvd. Roxbury, MA
We are planning a
gathering / program / rally at the Islamic Society of Boston on Saturday,
February 27. This is the largest Mosque in New England, located in Roxbury, MA.
We have been working with members of the Mosque to put together a program
showing our support, as veterans, for our Muslim friends, neighbors and
co-workers.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO FELLOW
VETERANS AND ASK THEM TO JOIN US. WE ARE INVITING OTHER VETERANS TO JOIN US FOR
THIS VERY IMPORTANT GATHERING TO MAKE IT CLEAR VETERANS STAND AGAINST THIS
HATRED, BIGOTRY AND ISLAMOPHOBIA DIRECTED TOWARDS OUR MUSLIM FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS
AND COWORKERS.
We anticipate the
speaking part of the program to last about an hour then we will move inside to
share conversation and snacks. The speakers will consist of veterans, Muslim
members of the Mosque and invited guests.
We have all seen and
heard the hateful xenophobia / Islamophobia language directed towards Muslims.
These hateful attacks towards American Muslims continue to fester and in some
cases have resulted in violence towards innocent Muslims here in the U.S. Local
Muslims have told us of them being harassed on the street. If a Muslim woman is
wearing a head scarf it makes her an easy target. Pat Scanlon, chair of our
committee, says "I am friends with a Muslim family whose twelve-year-old
daughter told me that she was harassed in the schoolyard by a boy in her class
who was calling her a terrorist. This young girl is an Iraqi refugee, straight A
student, popular and is the ultimate young American girl and proudly just became
an American citizen. She does not wear a head scarf yet was targeted in the
schoolyard by another student."
We as veterans intend to
gather at the Mosque to show our support and solidarity with the Muslim
community and to demand an immediate stop to this targeting of the religion of
Islam and our Muslims friends with hateful rhetoric and actions. We want to make
it clear that "Muslims are Not Our Enemy".
Please see our message below
and please ask fellow veterans to join us to stand against this hatred, bigotry
and Islamophobia.
Smedley Muslim Friendship
Committee
MUSLIMS ARE
NOT OUR ENEMY
Muslims
are:
Friends,
Neighbors,
Co-workers, Business
Owners
Educators, Doctors, Nurses, Athletes, Police,
Fire, Scientists,
Mail Carriers, Engineers, Politicians,
Carpenters, Bakers and Candle-Stick Makers
etc.
Muslims
serve in the:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard,
National Guard
STOP THE BIGOTRY
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