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October 26, 2005
US: Council on American-Islamic Relations Exploits Memory of Rosa Parks For Its Own Ends
Yesterday, at the State Department's seventh annual "Iftar" meal, where Ramadan is broken at the close of the day, Nihad Awad, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, shared a meal with Condoleeza Rice, the US Secretary of State, according to The Official Newswire. Also attending were representatives of other Muslim groups, diplomats from Muslim countries, and State Department officials.
Condoleeza Rice, herself a native of Alabama, spoke of the life of Rosa Parks who also hailed from Alabama. She showed gratitude to the Muslims countries which had offered financial support to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Ms Rice spoke of the need to promote universal human rights.
But after the speech, Awad informed Secretary Rice of his own plans to exploit the name of Rosa Parks. He said that CAIR would be introducing a "Rosa Parks Scholarship" for students studying in "fields that promote civil rights, social justice, and peaceful resolution of conflicts."
These types of events represent a growing recognition of the positive role Islamic teachings and American Muslims can play in helping to promote peace and justice in this country and around the world."CAIR has 31 offices and chapters in the US and Canada.
Condoleeza Rice has every reason to applaud the achievements of Rosa Parks. But for CAIR to appropriate her name when she has only just died, in a cheap Islamic promotional ploy, is as disgusting and low as CAIR can get. A Rosa Parks memorial to help show how Islamic teaching can produce a resolution of conflicts?
Nihad Awad, who has been vociferous in his condemnation of US policy in Afghanistan recently, has no shame. Rosa Parks, who now cannot prevent her name being exploited, was not a supporter of "Islamic teachings". She was a Christian.
A press release from CAIR concerning this scholarship is from yesterday's Official Newswire: CAIR said in a statement: "Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat sparked the civil rights movement and continues to inspire all those who struggle for social justice and equality. It is only fitting that a scholarship aimed at advancing the cause of human dignity be offered in her name."
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at October 26, 2005 8:39 AM
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