09/30/2015 AIFD Calls Upon President Obama to Condemn Russian Airstrikes against Syrian Citizenry

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The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) released the following statement today condemning Russian airstrikes on Syria:

“News of the first publicly announced Russian airstrikes on Syria marks a turning point in the region: Russia’s proxy war against Syrian civilians is no longer covert and is no longer only vis-à-vis Assad. As the global community, and most tragically our own U.S. administration, have failed to support Syrian civilians against the Assad regime, and have allowed ISIS to expand, Russia has now brazenly announced that it is carrying out missions in Syria.

Bashar al-Assad’s alliance with Russian leadership is no secret. In the three plus years since the start of the Syrian uprising, Russia and Iran have together been not fighting radical Islamists, but supporting the regime of Bashar al-Assad as it tortures and murders Syrian civilians systematically snuffing out in genocidal fashion what started as a heroic and moral revolution for freedom from the tyranny of Assad’s Ba’athist military regime. Instead Assad’s vicious military approach has been to empower the militants overtaking the region as a convenient excuse to justify the extermination and ethnic cleansing of the majority of Syrian Sunni Muslims—either by genocide or by evacuation.

Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, son of Syrian immigrants and founder of AIFD, said the following:

“Reports that Russia is targeting ISIS are absurd at best – reports are coming in that Russia is merely continuing Assad’s carpet bombing and military operations against innocent Syrian civilians.

When President Obama claimed that the use of chemical weapons would represent a ‘red line’ inspiring swift and effective action to support Syrians against Assad, the Syrian regime responded by using them.

When President Obama spoke before the United Nations, condemning Assad’s brutality, the Russo-Syrian alliance responded with this week’s actions: continuing the bombing of Syrian civilians while proudly demonstrating that the United States has ceased to have any real influence in the region.

Thanks to the failure of the Obama administration and the broader global community to support Syrians against both the murderous dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and the bloodthirsty theocrats of ISIS, America’s reputation and legacy in the region is already tarnished. However, this should not stop us from doing the right thing now. We at AIFD call on the Obama administration and all in America’s leadership to condemn Russia’s latest belligerent demonstration, and to establish this as a red line we actually respond to with meaningful, swift, and unfaltering action against the genocidal regime of Bashar al-Assad. Mark my words: failure to do so will only encourage Russia, Syria and Iran to continue their imperialist grabs in the region, and will empower groups like ISIS to multiply and expand, something the world will surely regret. As Europe and the world is finally realizing with the mass exodus of millions of Syrian refugees, the Assadist cancer inside Syria and its killing machine that festered ISIS is now spreading across the region and across the world. The free world led by President Obama must just again decide whether they will do something now or wait until we have no choice and far less options.

History will not look kindly upon the apathy, negligence, and absence of any American decisive actions against both the Assad military and ISIS. This has paved the way for the overt Russian belligerence we see today. The people of Syria woke up with the courage to try and take control of their own destiny in March 2011, but sadly the forces of evil in the alliance of Assad, Khamanei, and Putin have fueled and executed genocide in order to prevent that awakening.”

Dr. Jasser Named Senior Fellow at ACU Foundation’s Policy Center for Statesmanship and Diplomacy

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Dr. Jasser is pleased to be among several influential American conservatives named senior fellows at the American Conservative Union Foundation’s Policy Center for Statesmanship and Diplomacy.

In his role, Dr. Jasser will continue to advance American principles of liberty and freedom through his advocacy of the separation of mosque and state, his commitment to religious freedom and his opposition to Islamism.

The American Conservative Union’s press release appears below:

ACU Foundation Launches Policy Center for Statesmanship and Diplomacy

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, American Conservative Union (ACU) Chairman Matt Schlapp announced the formation of the ACU Foundation’s Policy Center for Statesmanship and Diplomacy. The Center is a place to continue many of the conversations that were started at this year’s redesigned Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), including educating grassroots conservatives about the ideas of the Reagan Doctrine and how those ideas are just as applicable today.

The Senior Fellows include The Hon. KT McFarland, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Gordon Chang, author of ‘The Coming Collapse of China,’ and Forbes contributor; Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, the President and Founder of the American Islamic Center for Democracy; The Hon. Mike Magan, the Managing Director of Magan Dahlgren Ltd.; The Hon. Dennis Shea, Founder and President of Shea Public Strategies, LLC.; Amanda Bellows, Russian and American historian; and Jeff Ballabon.”

“The American people are growing more concerned about what they are seeing across the Middle East, from the rise of the Islamic State to the blasé disposition of President Obama to the prospects of a nuclear Iran. I believe that these concerns, when combined with an increasingly emboldened Russia and China, could mean that questions of our security and the state of the globe will dominate the presidential election. We believe this is the right time to offer constructive answers to our elected officials and to the people they represent.”

“We are grateful to our Senior Fellows for their willingness to lead the way toward a ‘Peace through Strength’ approach applicable for the 21st century.”

The Center for Statesmanship and Diplomacy can be visited online at http://acufoundation.conservative.org/center-for-statesmanship-diplomacy/.

05/15/2015 AIFD Welcomes news of Tsarnaev Death Sentence

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The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) welcomes the news that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, has been sentenced to death for his role in the terror attack carried out at the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Our justice system has been tried, time and time again, by pressures seeking to chip away at its integrity. Today, an American jury agreed with us that terrorists must be punished to the fullest extent of the law, and that we must not allow terrorist sympathizers to intimidate us into “going soft” on those who wish us harm.

To the jurors, we commend you for your reason and your courage. To the families, loved ones and friends of the victims of that horrific attack: we continue to hold you in our thoughts and prayers, and pray that today’s decision brings you some measure of closure. To our enemies, foreign and domestic: may today’s decision serve as a reminder that the United States will never back down in the face of even the worst evil.

The U.S. Must not let Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Sympathizers Dictate our Justice System

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When Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 counts associated with the terror attack he helped to carry out at the 2013 Boston Marathon, we at the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) joined the nation in feeling that the verdict opened the door to at least some level of closure for all affected. While the horrors of that day can never be erased, there is healing in bringing one of the monsters responsible to justice.

The verdict has also spurned a debate our country has been having for quite some time: is it right to put a criminal to death? This time, however, the criminal is a terrorist, acting in support of a global ideology which seeks the demise of all who do not submit to its whims; and the debate on whether or not to execute Tsarnaev has raised the question: should the United States not sentence Tsarnaev to death because it might inspire further acts of terror?

While supporters of AIFD and anti-Islamist reform may espouse a range of views regarding capital punishment as a general matter, it is important to address the question of Tsarnaev as “martyr” in the eyes of Islamists and would-be terrorists the world over. It is imperative to refuse, with conviction, and without apology, to make any decision in our American justice system based on how they may or may not react. Islamists will never be defeated by appeasement or negotiation. A strong, sound defeat is the only answer.

If Tsarnaev is sentenced to death, will radicals the world over treat him as a martyr? Absolutely. (By the way, Rolling Stone helped to guarantee this.) Will they use the sentence to rally their base and gain new supporters? Without a doubt. Should this certainty impact the punishment chosen by our courts? Definitely not. Why? Because the simple fact is that he and other radicals are and will always be treated as martyrs and heroes by those who wish us harm. Even those not sentenced to death, like Aafia Siddiqui (“Lady Al-Qaeda”), Tarek Mehanna and others have inspired campaigns from the U.S. to Pakistan, with supporters ranging from well-intentioned but naïve university students to violent Islamists. Individuals like Siddiqui and Mehanna, despite being very much alive, are treated as martyrs and heroes by the likes of ISIS and Al-Qaeda. ISIS even demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui when it proposed a prisoner exchange, claiming that they’d release journalist Steven Sotloff.

Changing how we sentence criminals because it might upset terrorists who already hate us doesn’t just fail to keep us safe. It is part and parcel of the lax behavior that led to ignoring the obviously dangerous intentions of Nidal Hasan and his inspiration, Anwar al-Awlaki. (Awlaki was rightly recognized as an enemy combatant, but well after he had already incited murderous violence.) In this war, our security was better served with Imam al-Awlaki dead than alive, and the same would go for both Hasan and Tsarnaev.

Allowing terrorists to dictate our justice system is an appeasement that is far more dangerous to American security and values than the ephemeral risk taken by carrying out justice against those who have attacked us. As Americans, we must insist that we not change the strength of our sentencing standards in order to appease those who seek our destruction. Instead, we must demand that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – and all who carry out acts of terror – be punished to the very fullest extent of the law.  American Muslims should be at the forefront of efforts demanding this. The only antidote to the global ideology of the Tsarnaevs, ISIS, Mehanna, and Siddiqui is the empowerment of liberty-minded American Muslims. It is only through firm conviction and consistent dedication to our values that we will defeat the victim mantra and murderous ideology that was behind the horrific attacks of April 15, 2013.

03/23/2015 Mideast Christians, Yezidis and moderate Muslim groups accuse the pro-Iran lobby of “shutting down the only U.S. broadcast reporting fairly to the region”

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Washington, D.C., MECHRIC, AIFD, Yezidi Human Rights
A joint press release issued by three major federations of NGOs representing Middle East Christian communities, Yezidi groups and Muslim American moderates accused the “pro-Iran regime lobby” of manipulating the United States bureaucracy to shut down “Radio Free Iraq,” which airs to the region and is based in Prague as one of Free Europe Radio’s multiple divisions. The press release urged Congress, which funds U.S. broadcasts directly, to reverse the decision and take all appropriate measures to protect U.S. funded broadcasts from falling into the hands of pro-Iranian or pro-Muslim Brotherhood pressure groups in Washington.

The Middle East Christian Committee (MECHRIC), a Federation of NGOs representing Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Copts, Maronites and Melkites, the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD), and the Yezidi International Human Rights Organization all reject the decision by the U.S. Board of Broadcast (BBG) to stop the work of Radio Free Iraq (based in Prague) and instead merge it with Radio SAWA based in Washington, D.C. The undersigned federations of NGOs believe that this is a misguided and wrong decision, manipulated by pressure groups close to the Iranian regime and the Muslim Brotherhood.

1. Radio Free Iraq (RFI), as mandated by the U.S. Congress, has been covering Iraq and the Middle East for over a decade, insuring fair reporting and insuring civil societies in the region, particularly minorities and women, are fairly covered. It is the only U.S. funded broadcast which has been focusing on defending democracy and pluralism and giving airtime to civil society elements and minorities in the region.

1. RFI has also been covering activities by the U.S. Congress and its various committees and subcommittees, as well as the U.S. government in general, and broadcasting these activities to the region, particularly regarding debates and discussions taking place in Congress concerning counterterrorism and human rights in the region.

1. RFI has been at the forefront of the battle of ideas against extremism and Jihadism by making its airwaves open to the moderate voices in Iraq as well as Arab voices-from Sunni, Shia, and other communities’ backgrounds. It not only reported the good news about the Arab Spring, but also warned about the rise of radical Jihadi movements and pro-Iranian radicals.

For all the above reasons, serious pressures were applied by the pro-Iran lobby in Washington and by Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers to shut down the station once and for all. These pressures manipulated the BBG, the bureaucracy that responds to Congress regarding foreign broadcasts. Multiple attempts by our NGOs to reach out to members of Congress were stymied by the pro-Iranian lobbies. As unbelievable as it may sound, and at a critical moment in history when the new Congress is backing the democracy and freedom movements in the Middle East against the Iranian regime and the Muslim Brotherhood, a program launched and funded by Congress is now in the process of being shut down by the adversaries of freedom by a decision disguised as one financial in nature.

We, the undersigned, ask Congress to stop the shutting down of Radio Free Iraq, investigate the decision by the BBG, and unveil the forces behind this penetration of the U.S. government who seek to destroy one of the most powerful and efficient outreach broadcasts ever funded by the U.S. Congress. We, the undersigned NGOs, are going to take this issue to the U.S. public as part of our efforts to educate the taxpayers about the use of their tax dollars.

Signed

Mr. William Youmaran, President of Assyrian American National Federation
Mr. David William Lazar, Chairman, American Mesopotamian Organization (AMO)
Ms. Rima Tüzün, – Head of Foreign Affairs, European Syriac Union
Mr. Loay Mikhael, Head of foreign relations, Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
Mr. Adel Guindy, President of Coptic Solidarity International
Mr. John Hajjar, Melkite Committee
Mr. Tom Harb,General Secretary MECHRIC and President of American Maronite Union
Mr. Mirza Ismail, Chairman, Yezidi Human Rights Organization International
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, President, American Islamic Forum for Democracy

01/20/2015 DR. ZUHDI JASSER, AIFD PRESIDENT, JOINS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCATES IN LETTER TO SAUDI AMBASSADOR OFFERING TO TAKE RAIF BADAWI’S LASHINGS Saudi Arabian Moderate Muslim advocate for liberty subjected to 1000 lashes for “blasphemy” by Kingdom

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PHOENIX (January 20, 2015) – Five notable religious freedom advocates, including Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, AIFD President,  have signed and presented a letter to the Saudi Ambassador calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), to immediately release Raif Badawi. If they do not release him, they are asking that the Kingdom take them in the place of Raif Badawi in the meting out of his corporal punishment.  Badawi was sentenced to prison, a monetary fine, and 1000 lashes for “blasphemy” based on his website which allowed the free exchange of religious and political ideas. His 1000 lashes are being delivered on a weekly basis every Friday in front of a mosque in Jeddah by the Saudi regime. His health was compromised by the first 50 to the point that last Friday the second 50 were delayed.

 

The signatories to the letter are Princeton Law Professor Robert P. George, Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann Glendon, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, Daniel I. Mark, who teaches political science at Villanova University, Eric Schwartz, Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Hannah Rosenthal, CEO, Milwaukee Jewish Federation, and Katrina Lantos Swett, President of The Lantos Foundation.  The letter requested a remittance of his punishment but further stated that in the absence of a full dismissal, each was requesting to receive 100 lashes in the place of Mr. Badawi.

 

Noting that KSA was represented by highly placed government officials in the recent Paris march, “protesting the brutal murders in the name of Islam” the letter described the march as a “demonstration in support of human rights and civil liberties, including the liberty to criticize religion, particular religions, schools of thought within religions, and religious figures and leaders.” Yet, the KSA is inflicting this cruel punishment, known to cause a slow and painful death, over words on a website in the name of Islam.

 

AIFD has long stood with Raif and has been calling for the U.S. to do more on his behalf since his egregious arrest, conviction, and sentencing. AIFD finds no difference between the crimes committed by the Islamist terrorists in Paris who assassinated cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the crimes against humanity committed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the name of blasphemy against innocent heroes for religious liberty like Raif Badawi.

 

Voicing the need for religious liberty and universal human rights to prevail, the letter concludes with “We would rather share in his victimization than stand by and watch him being cruelly tortured. If your government does not see fit to stop this from happening, we are prepared to present ourselves to receive our share of Mr. Badawi’s unjust punishment.”

 

 

About the American Islamic Forum for Democracy

The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. AIFD’s mission advocates for the preservation of the founding principles of the United States Constitution, liberty and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state. AIFD also supports Muslim youth and adult leadership initiatives, and efforts to protect universal human rights including women’s rights and freedom of conscience. For more information on AIFD, please visit our website at http://www.aifdemocracy.org/.

About Dr. Zuhdi Jasser

Dr. Jasser is a Syrian-American Muslim activist, US Navy veteran, and physician. He is a noted expert on Islamism, Islamist terror groups and Middle East foreign policy.  As the founder of AIFD, Dr. Jasser is dedicated to combating Islamism in all its forms and supporting human rights and democracy.  He is the author of “A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s fight to save his faith” published by Simon and Schuster.

 

01/07/2015 PARIS TRAGEDY DEMANDS WORLDWIDE REJECTION OF LONE WOLF THEORY Broad ideological threat of Islamism must be countered by the Free World

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PHOENIX (January 7, 2015) – AIFD condemns, in the strongest way possible, the actions that took place in Paris today and send our deepest condolences to the families of those killed or injured. The effects of this despicable action go beyond the streets of Paris, but represent an attack on freedom of speech and the human rights of all to live and work – free of fear.

 We can no longer continue to be deceived into accepting the “Lone Wolf” theory as recent events have clearly exclaimed. The deep and intense ideological invasion within Islam must be thwarted from within the House of Islam.

 There is no reason to believe the events of today can be held in isolation but must be considered part and parcel of the world-wide terrorist threat from those ideologically radicalized in the name of political Islam. Calls for would-be combatants to stay in their home location and fight, our very places of work and worship, have come to fruition and demand that we accept this new reality with a legitimate response.

 

About the American Islamic Forum for Democracy

The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. AIFD’s mission advocates for the preservation of the founding principles of the United States Constitution, liberty and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state. AIFD also supports Muslim youth and adult leadership initiatives, and efforts to protect universal human rights including women’s rights and freedom of conscience. For more information on AIFD, please visit our website at http://www.aifdemocracy.org/.

About Dr. Zuhdi Jasser

Dr. Jasser is a Syrian-American activist, Navy veteran, physician, and observant Muslim. He is a noted expert on Islamism, Islamist terror groups and Middle East foreign policy.  As the founder of AIFD, Dr. Jasser is dedicated to the support of human rights and democracy.  He is the author of “A Battle for the Soul of Islam” published by Simon and Schuster.

 

11/07/214 AIFD ENDORSES MECHRIC EFFORT TO REMOVE NIHAD AWAD (CAIR CHAIR) FROM COALITION TO AID CHRISTIAN MINORITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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PHOENIX (November 7, 2014) – The American Islamic Forum for Democracy endorses the Middle East Christian Committee (MECHRIC), the largest coalition of Middle East Christian NGOs in the United States and internationally, in their request to Archbishop Atallah Hanna to remove Nihad Awad, the director of Islamist group CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) from a coalition said to be aimed at helping Christian minorities in the Middle East. 

 

The inclusion of CAIR, at minimum a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood but widely believed to be a front for MB, is counterproductive to the cause named in this effort. There is no place for CAIR, or any American-Islamist lobby groups in an honest coalition to aid Christian minorities.  Islamist will deceptively present themselves as protectors of minorities to the West, while advancing the supremacist ideology of Islamism around the world and the agenda of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

 

AIFD joins MECHRIC in calling for the immediate removal of CAIR in this necessary endeavor. The full letter may be seen on our website at:

 

http://aifdemocracy.org/11042014-interfaith-coalition-to-protect-christians/

 

About the American Islamic Forum for Democracy

The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. AIFD’s mission advocates for the preservation of the founding principles of the United States Constitution, liberty and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state. AIFD also supports Muslim youth and adult leadership initiatives, and efforts to protect universal human rights including women’s rights and freedom of conscience. For more information on AIFD, please visit our website at http://www.aifdemocracy.org/.

About Dr. Zuhdi Jasser

Dr. Jasser is a Syrian-American activist, Navy veteran, physician, and observant Muslim. He is a noted expert on Islamism, Islamist terror groups and Middle East foreign policy.  As the founder of AIFD, Dr. Jasser is dedicated to the support of human rights and democracy.  He is the author of “A Battle for the Soul of Islam” published by Simon and Schuster.  

11/04/2014 Mechric Letter: Interfaith Coalition to Protect Christians

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Nov 4th 2014

Archbishop Atallah Hanna

Archbishop of Sebastia,

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem

P.O. Box 14518, Jerusalem 91145

 

Re: Interfaith Coalition to Protect Christians

 

Dear Bishop Hanna:

 

We have learned that you have sponsored the formation of an “interfaith coalition to protect Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East.” We are troubled by the fact that among the NGOs and activists invited to join the coalition are a number of Islamist and pro-Jihadi groups whose agenda has been and continues to be hostile to the freedom and survival of Christian and other minorities in the Middle East.

 

Among the activists you have included is Nihad Awad, the President of the Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR), which is an un-indicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Terrorism case and is not the civil rights organization it claims to be. For more than a decade, CAIR members and former members have been indicted, and some are serving jail sentences, for terrorism cases successfully brought against them. The Islamist organization is considered by experts as a front to the Muslim Brotherhood, which has inspired leading members of al Qaeda and ISIS (Daesh) and has been put on terror lists by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain. Several members of Congress, including the Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Pete King, and the Chairwoman of the subcommittee on Intelligence, Rep. Sue Myrick, have considered CAIR an extremist Islamist organization. There are bills introduced in the US House of Representatives calling for identifying the Muslim Brotherhood as a Terror organization.

 

CAIR has attacked Middle East Christian leaders across America, including Copts such as Dr. Shawki Karas, Lebanese Christians, as well as Iraqi and Syrian Christians while also waging smear campaigns against prominent Middle East experts for raising the issue of persecution of minorities in the Middle East. CAIR stood with the oppressive regimes against Christians and other sectors of civil societies and backed the genocidal regime of Sudan headed by the ICC indicted General Omar Bashir. CAIR backs the Muslim Brotherhood, who in Egypt has been responsible for attacks against Christian Copts and in Libya backed the Jihadi forces responsible for violence against civilians. But even more dangerous, CAIR politically backs the Islamists and the Jihadists who in Syria and in Iraq have persecuted Christians. Some of these factions joined the Islamic State known as ISIS, which has perpetrated war crimes and crimes against Humanity in Mosul, the Nineveh Plain, and Sinjar against Christians and Yazidis.

 

 

CAIR and its executive director Nihad Awad have been notorious for suppressing educational programs, both in the public and private sectors, aimed at informing the American public about the persecution of Christian minorities in the Greater Middle East. Awad and his acolytes have politically harassed writers and intellectuals, academics who have been raising the issue of persecution of religious minorities and have become the main obstructers of truth about this persecution. In a sense, Awad and CAIR, by being supportive of the Jihadists and the Islamists and by suppressing the voices defending the persecuted Christians, actually bear some moral responsibility for the persecution and violence against Christians in the Middle East.

 

It would be unthinkable and unbearable for Middle East Christians and Yazidis to see a so-called interfaith Coalition presided by a Church official, partnering with haters of Middle East Christians and bigots against oppressed Middle East minorities

 

We therefore, as representatives of the Middle East Christian Committee MECHRIC, representing the largest coalition of Americans from Middle East Christian descent, including Copts, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Maronites, Melkites and other groups, as well as Yazidis, ask you to remove Nihad Awad and any Islamist militant from your coalition immediately. Our communities have been offended by the presence of pro-Jihadists in a coalition claiming to help Middle East Christians and other minorities.

 

Sincerely,

 

John Hajjar, on behalf of the Middle East Christian Committee MECHRIC

Executive Committee

 

CC: Members of Congress (Foreign Relations and Homeland Security Committees in House and Senate)

 

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman,

Senator Bob Corker, Ranking

Senator Ted Cruz

Senator John McCain

Senator Lindsey Graham

 

House committee on Foreign Affairs

Rep. Edward R. Royce, Chairman

Rep. Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member

 

Sub-committees the Middle East and North Africa

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman

Rep. Theodore E. Deutch , Ranking Member

Sub-Committee on Terrorism

Rep. Ted Poe , Chairman

Rep. Brad Sherman , Ranking Member

Committee on Home land security

Rep. Michael McCaul, Chairman

Sub-committee on counter terrorism and Intelligence

Rep. Peter T. King , Chairman

Rep. Chris Smith

Rep. Louie Gohmert

 

07/27/2014 AIFD Wishes Muslims a Blessed Eid Al-Fitr

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PHOENIX (July 28, 2014) – Muslims around the world commemorated the end of their month long daily fast of Ramadan on Monday, July 28, 2014 with the Holiday of the Feast (Eid al-Fitr). Eid al-Fitr is celebrated in congregational prayer, the giving of gifts and gathering over meals.

To all our Muslim friends and supporters, we at the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) wish you a most blessed Eid al-Fitr. May your fasts be accepted and your prayers answered.

As we celebrate Eid al-Fitr, may we commit to carry the awareness of our blessings throughout the year, the humility of Ramadan never straying from our hearts. Allow us to see every day as an opportunity to appreciate and strive for freedom, for liberty, and for universal human rights. These commitments are a service to God and to our country. May we remain grateful and committed to service, never taking for granted the blessings of freedom, of health, and of living in this great nation.

 

About the American Islamic Forum for Democracy

The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. AIFD’s mission advocates for the preservation of the founding principles of the United States Constitution, liberty and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state. For more information on AIFD, please visit our website at http://www.aifdemocracy.org/.