[statecom-discuss] Re: [Boston/JP GRP] info from the the DPP on the ISB

[Mike Heichman]

> This info is from Dorchester's People for Peace.
>
>> *ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BOSTON: /A New Beginning/*
>>
>>
>>   *Canopy's rise signals end of mosque's plight
>>   
>> *http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/10/canopys_rise_signals_end_of_mosques_plight/ 
>>
>>   /As a crane hoisted a 5,000-pound, copper canopy toward the top of a
>>   red brick tower in Roxbury yesterday afternoon, thousands of area
>>   Muslims looked upward, some with tears running down their cheeks.
>>   "This is the moment we have been waiting for for two decades,"
>>   yelled Yousef Abou-Allaban , chairman of the Islamic Society of 
>> Boston/
>>
>> / /
>>
>> */Letter from the ISB:/*
>>
>> “This is really a victory for all of us. Seriously, the ISB could 
>> never have done this without all of the help we have received. It was 
>> really the support of the interfaith community that gave us the 
>> necessary support to bring this case to conclusion. And I want to 
>> personally thank all of you for your courage to the stand with the 
>> ISB when no one else would. Our basic civil rights had been 
>> compromised and the ISB was forced to defend nothing less than the 
>> right of the Muslim community to gather and build a place of worship 
>> free from fear and intimidation. It is difficult to think of a more 
>> important principle to stand up for in this day and age. We stood not 
>> only for our own community, but for all communities who have felt the 
>> sting of intolerance and bigotry Thank you for standing with us and 
>> giving us your time, effort and in the case of the generous and 
>> amazing "unidentified young Jewish activists," your money to support 
>> the new mosque.”
>>
>> God bless, and salaam,
>>
>> Jessica Masse, ISB Outreach Coordinator
>>
>>
>> <https://www.interweave.us/tix/protest.htm>
>>
>> *Wednesday, June 27,** Solidarity Day with the ISB: “Communities 
>> together in Harmony”,* 5:30pm, The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural 
>> Center (One Malcom X Blvd.), Roxbury Crossing. Jon Councilor Chuck 
>> Turner, Sen. Diane Wilkerson, Mel King and others in welcoming the 
>> completion of primary construction of the ISB Mosque and Cultural 
>> Center and the community planting of a “Tree of Peace.” Light 
>> refreshments. Info/RSVP to Salima Hankins, 781-526-1633 or 
>> salimahh at gmail.com <mailto:salimahh at gmail.com>
>>
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