| RAMADAN COUNTDOWN | |
 "It was in the month of Ramadan in which the Quran was first revealed, as a guidance to human beings and a self-evident proof of that guidance and as the standard by which to discern the true from the false ...Holy Quran - 2:185.
Welcoming the month of Ramadan, the Chairman of the Shura Council said, let us "clean up our hearts, clear our intentions, and get rid of any rancor or blemished feelings and open up for the great reception (of Ramadan).
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| LOS ANGELES TO PHOENIX | |
 Joining more than five hundred fifty Los Angelenos of all persuasions Sheikh Taha Hassane, Hussam Ayloush and Shakeel Syed celebrated our nation of immigrants in Arizona and reaffirmed the truth in immigration. Please join the President who urged us ... "to shape a system that reflects our values as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. |
| RECORDS PLEASE | |
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California asked the FBI to turn over records related to the agency's collection and use of race and ethnicity data in Southern California communities under the Freedom of Information Act. FBI guidelines on domestic intelligence authorize agents to collect information about and map so-called "ethnic-oriented" businesses, behaviors, lifestyle characteristics and cultural traditions in communities with concentrated ethnic populations. "This is a clear example of 'Muslim mapping,'" said Peter Bibring of ACLU of Southern California. Similar mapping program by the Los Angeles Police Department (in 2007) was challenged by the Shura Council along with other community groups and the ACLU and was shut down.
Shura Council also joined community organizations in asking FBI to remove Robert Spencer, an infamous hatemonger from FBI's trainer list. |
| COMMUNITY NEWS / EVENTS | |
Shura Council appreciates the outpouring support from several faith groups and leaders including but not limited to the Armenian Church - Western Diocese, African Methodist Episcopal Church- Los Angeles District, Disciples of Christ - Pacific Southwest Region, the Episcopal Diocese, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Southwest California Synod, Conference of United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church of the Pacific Northwest Conference, Bishop Ed Clark of the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, Progressive Christians Uniting, and the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders among others in their affirming the right of the Islamic Center of Temecula to build themselves a new Masjid and community center.
Muslim leadership of the five Western States are now organized as the Muslim Forum of the Pacific Northwestin coordination with the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California. The Muslim Forum is currently comprised of nearly thirty Masajid and Muslim organizations from the five pacific northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. At their recent annual leadership retreat last week, Shakeel Syed the Executive Director of the Shura Council applauded and welcomed this new neighboring regional council to the councils in Northeast, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Midwestern States and Northern California. |
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