tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87500632250694907932024-03-16T17:26:41.795-07:00UNITY DAY USAMike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-37718666233449485362020-03-01T19:03:00.001-08:002020-03-03T05:12:45.198-08:0016th Annual Unity Day USA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
16th Annual Unity Day USA<br />
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Friday, September 11, 2020<br />
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM<br />
Washington, DC<br />
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Mike@CenterforPluralism.com<br />
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-6191748526388332552014-09-18T09:15:00.003-07:002014-09-18T11:04:08.417-07:009/11: My personal Journey from 2001 through 2013 and my commitment to America.<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.0200004577637px;">
<i><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">Note: </span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 16.4449996948242px;">2 Million Views in 5 days~ It surprised the heck out of me, when I checked the Google profile for statistics at: <a href="https://plus.google.com/108969690090944956820/about" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="https://plus.google.com/108969690090944956820/about"><span style="color: #212c6a;">https://plus.google.com/108969690090944956820/about</span></a><br /><br />On 9/11/14 it registered 6,724,555 views and on 9/16/14 it jumped to 8,661,954. Much of it is owed to the following piece.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"># # #</span></span></i><i style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.0200004577637px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.0200004577637px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MY PERSONAL 9/11 STORY AND MY COMMITMENT TO AMERICA</span></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.0200004577637px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;">URL - <a href="http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2014/09/911-my-personal-journey-from-2001.html" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;">http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2014/09/911-my-personal-journey-from-2001.html </a><br /><br />Since September 11, 2001, many stories have been told and experiences shared, but here is one story among many, that I hope my fellow Americans ought to hear, particularly those who are afraid of everything and everyone, and believe in conspiracies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;">In the second half of the piece, I have included links to the Terry Jones' Quran Burning event from 2013, which was diffused through peaceful means. </span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333343505859px;">It is a story about skillfully managing conflicting issues of safety of Americans overseas, upholding freedom of speech, perceptions about Muslims, preserving sacredness of religions and building cohesive Societies.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333343505859px;">It is an epitome of nonviolent conflict mitigation and goodwill nurturence based on the teachings of Jesus and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Hopefully the world will see a new paradigm in making; what Muslims ought to be, and how they will respond to future incidents of Quran Burning, criticism of Islam, and cartoons of the Prophet. It will be good for Muslims and good for the world. Indeed, blessed are the peacemakers</span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;">. A film is being made about this and is called "Sacred".</span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br />I hope this piece prompts you to think of the difficult encounters you may have had dealing with people of different faiths. This is a long story and I hope it offers insights into what it takes to build a cohesive America, an genuinely free America where no one has to live in apprehension and fear of the other.<br /><br />Please remember God is a good and a just guy. He has not signed a deal with Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus or others behind each others back, and he treats all of his creation with the sameness as a teacher treats her students or a chef wants his patrons to enjoy his cuisine. There is serenity in being fair and just, it is the ultimate goal for harmony and balance in the society. </span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 17px;">Can we be fair to each other?</span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 17px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;">This is also the story of the birth of Unity Day USA, a day to bring Americans Together.<br /><br />The idea for Unity Day USA was first <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/UnitydayUSA_conceived.asp" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;">conceived</a> on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is an initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of America.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br />On this Unity Day, we the people of the United States of America of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and well being of our nation.<br /><br />Our civic leaders including Mayors, Council members, State representatives, Senators, Congresspersons and other officials will honor us with their presence. Each Mayor at the event will give a one minute speech to share his/her thoughts about co-existence and promoting social cohesion in their respective cities. Additionally, our men and women in uniform including police and fire chiefs will be honored for their outstanding service to our nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;">Leaders from various faith communities will share a few words of wisdom from their respective scriptures, beliefs or oral traditions. Unity Day USA is about re-affirming our faith in the goodness in humanity, and the longing for harmony and co-existence. The traditions include but are not limited to Native American, Atheist, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Earth-traditions, Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Wicca and Zoroastrians; thus it is an all inclusive event.<br /><br />It is an awesome experience to feel a sense of unity with fellow Americans that will bring a feeling of coming home to where we drop all of our identities to be united together as an American family.<br /><br />As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. Our faiths reinforce the idea of one nation with liberty and justice for all.<br /><br />As a Muslim, I am deeply committed to America, the land of the brave and the free with liberty and justice for all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;">Pictures, comments, sound bites are all at <a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;">www.Unitydayusa.com</a> </span></div>
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<b style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;">On the day of 09/11/2001</span></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Dallas, Texas. About 10:00 in the Morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was called in by AM Radio 1150 to address the situation; and 950 AM also joined in to simulcast the program. The great tragedy had left every one speechless and had frozen everyone from doing anything. I was shaking but was committed to make sense out of the chaos and bring coherence to the day, and pave the way for relevant action.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I was on the air for 7 hours straight, standing on my feet and getting just about every community, religious, civic and business leader and the general public on the air to talk about the situation. Many of them read prepared statements, and one by one they condemned the attack. I did not even get to eat or take a break. The calls were pouring in and I was completely absorbed in the situation.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Among many who jumped on the idea to hold interfaith prayers were Mr. Joel Brooks of American Jewish Congress, Ms. Vinoda Kumar of the DFW Hindu Temple, Mr. Mohammad Suleman of the Islamic Center of Dallas, Mr. Poras Balsara of the Zoroastrian community and Kevin Rafraf from the Baha’i Temple, the list was endless. All the announcements and pronouncements were going on the radio live from every community leader. Mr. Taiyab Kundawala of India Association agreed to hold, and announce the prayer vigil at the association and the fund raising was set up the very next evening. Mr. Mansoor Shah of Pakistan Society was there to do anything that needed to be done. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mago of the Indian Chamber of Commerce also joined in on the Radio. I apologize to many friends, whose name have gone blank on me. I would appreciate if you could share them. This will go as a chapter in my upcoming book on Pluralism.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">While this was going on, my late wife Najma had called in to announce about the blood drive and sure enough, hundreds of people were lining up at Wadley Blood center. She drove to the facility and the folks told her that the lines were too long and asked us to hold off the announcements till the next day. I wish I could get hold of the CNN tapes from the next day where they interviewed me for over 10 minutes at the Radio Station we were hanging out. Our friends and my late wife said that every word I said on the TV was just the right word, what a relief! I was tense, but determined to clear the muddy waters. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">9/11 is one of the most significant days of my life, and I have made a life time </span><span style="font-size: 17px;">commitment</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> to dedicate this day, every year to serve my nation by bringing Americans together for the safety and security, and peace and prosperity of America.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">A major change occurred in my life around that time. I was an Atheist for a long time, not a belligerent one but the pluralist kind, and for the first time in about 30 years I chose to be called a Muslim in Public Sphere. Thanks to my father for inculcating the values of Pluralism in my initial set up. More at <a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/2012/12/mike-ghouse-indian-american-pluralist.html" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Indian American Pluralist</span></i></b></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">In the random readings of holy books that I continue to do, I came across a verse in Bhagvad Gita, “finding the truth is one’s own responsibility”. The timing was perfect as Islam was being attacked, indeed, that was the reason I had walked away from Islam in the late sixties. This Bhagvad Gita verse inspired me to go find the truth.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Karen Armstrong’s book on Muhammad had made a huge impact on me. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was a divine, distant and a mystical figure to me until I read her book, it made me look to him as another human whose life and decisions I could relate with. He was bent on building cohesive societies and just about every one of his actions was grounded in a singular theme; mitigating conflicts and nurturing goodwil so all can live in relative harmony. More at <i><b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/how-i-connect-with-prophet-muhammad_b_2547782.html" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;">How do I relate with Prophet Muhammad</a> and <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2009/08/prophet-muhammad-pluralist-and.html" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;">Prophet the Pluralist</a>. </span></b></i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I made it my business to hone on the verses in Qur'an that had driven me away from Islam. I had made several attempts and each time I did not like the translations I read. The verse, “finding the truth is one’s own responsibility” did not allow me to gulp down what was apparent about Qur'an. Over the years of searching, I discovered that Quran was deliberately mistranslated by politicians who wore the label of Christianity as well as Islam.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Steve Blow in Dallas Morning News put my thoughts in the words that I cherish, "In the Middle Ages, European leaders commissioned a hostile Quran translation to foster warfare against Muslim invaders. Later, Muslim leaders produced another translation to inflame Muslims against Christians and Jews." Relax, the first translation is not in circulation but is used by the right wing Christian and Jews to support their tirade, the second dangerous translation is by Hilali khan which right wing Muslims like. Unfortunately it exists and Muslims are now aware of the problem.<br /><br />However there are over two dozen translations which are alright ( I cannot claim the credit, but I was a catalyst in bringing to attention and now since 2012 editions a few major mis-</span><span style="font-size: 17px;">translations</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> have been corrected. ( <a href="http://quraan-today.blogspot.com/2008/01/unlike-jews-or-christians-17.html" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;">Apology to Jews and Christians</a> ) . The best one among the available translations is by Muhammad Asad. However, we need a new translation which the average person can relate with and reflects the universality of God. All the mis-translations are at<a href="http://www.quraanconference.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><i><b>www.Quraanconference.com</b></i></a> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><b>That was my background in relating the story of 9/11. </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">As the community was fully involved on the air with me, the Interfaith-faith prayers, blood donations and fundraising for the men and women in uniform were all in place by evening. The fog was clearing up, Osama bin Laden was the bad guy and Muslim-Americans had nothing to do with his actions, nor did they authorize him to terrorize any one. Indeed, he placed a wedge between Americans that still needs to be undone. I had literally declared a war against this man.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Atheists, Baha'i, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Jews, Native Americans, Pagans, Sikhs, Wicca and Zoroastrians along with area city mayors, FBI, police and fire chiefs and community leaders graced the first interfaith event in Frisco. Out of which a new tradition evolved called Unity Day. It continues year after year.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">A few of us formed a team from different religions and went from place of worship to place of worship and shared the prayers or gave a small talk about the respective religion. That’s where we build the relationship of trust between us for me to read the Jewish Prayers when Joel Brooks was not available, recite the Zoroastrian Prayer for Poras Balsara, Jain prayers for Pradeep Shah or Hindu Prayers for the Hindu community and of course, I represented Ben Moghaddas of Baha’i faith and was always a substitute for the Muslim community. There never was a shortage of Christians, Muslims and Sikhs in interfaith activity at that time. However, it has dwindled down now. Muslims are not participating as much, and at many places I am the only Muslim participating in smaller interfaith events. They go to the big ones though.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">One of the biggest walls between Hindus and Muslims was dissolved that week. President of The Dallas Islamic Center, Muhammad Suleman asked me to pull the religious groups for the interfaith prayers and I was pleased to include Hindu prayers. Vijayshree Venkatraman came and chanted the Om Shanti Mantra amidst all other prayers. Perhaps it was the first time Hindu prayers were recited in a Mosque complex. I am sure it is done in India, but it was a new experience for Muslims in Dallas.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">If there was one gratifying moment in my interfaith life, that would be one. The other ones are chanting the Jainism’s Navakar Mantra at the Maya Temple in Mexico, Hindu prayers in the Snotes at the Mayan Temples, getting Baptized in the name of God at the place in Jordan River where Jesus was Baptized and dancing with the Pagans in Melbourne and spending time with the Native Australians.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">In 1993, I published the first issue of Asian News Magazine which was co-edited by Abraham Thomas. A new standard was set in bringing the communities of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka together. The highlight of the paper was extensive calendar and write ups on the essence of every possible festival that took place in Dallas. Then in July of 1996, AM Radio 1150 approached me to begin the Radio Service for the communities, indeed it was the first Talk Show Radio for the community which paved the way to full time Radio services. These two items highlight the pluralism work that was going on. Every Saturday on the air, we had a segment called Festivals of the world where we shared the essence of every religious festival; we had religious leaders from Aztec to Zoroastrians and every one in between sharing the essence of their festivals on the air.</span></span><br /><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Unity Day USA - established</span></b><br /><br />The idea for Unity Day USA was first conceived on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is a Muslim initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of America, my initial team included Lee Holcomb of UT Dallas and other volunteers and women members from the Plano Mosque who handled wonderful refreshments.<br /><br />During planning session of the event, I was opposed by a few to hold prayers from all religious groups in an alphabetical sequence. They preferred that Muslim Prayers be done at first and others to follow, someone did not want Islam to be in the Middle of Hinduism and Jainism. Even the idea of the Abrahamic faiths first and others following it was floated. I was not in favor of it as I have always believed in equality of all humans and by corollary all religions, we dug in our heels.<br /><br />Before it got messy, I called Imam Dr. Yusuf Zia Kavakci and asked his guidance on it and I was praying for wisdom from him and was willing to walk away from the event if there was a preferential treatment to any group. He thought it over and said, Islamically I was on the right tract to treat everyone on equal footing, however he said, if you want to be political, you choose. I asked him if I could put those words in an email and send to the group, and that was the end of the conflict, what a relief! This Imam is a blessing to our town, indeed I have written a few more of the interfaith moments between us.<br /><br />The prayers were indeed led by 13 groups of religious leaders. Regina Rafraf led the Baha’i prayers, Ben Boothe led the Buddhist prayers; Christian prayers were led by the late Baptist Minister Roy Harrell with a team of clergy from Presbyterian, Methodist, Unitarian, Catholic and other denominations; Swami Nityananda Prabhu led the Hindu group representing 7 different Hindu Temple; Islamic prayers were led by Imam Dr. Yusuf Zia Kavakci with Shia, Bohra, Ismaili, Sufi, Warith Deen Muhammad, Sunni and other Muslim traditions, Pradeep Shah led the Jain prayers, Rabbi Haas led the Jewish prayers, the Sikh prayers were led by Bhai Harinder Singh and Ramneek Singh, Wicca prayers were led by Brian Langford and the Zoroastrian Prayers were lead by Poras Balsara. In the later years Native Americans, Pagans, Earth based Traditions, Atheists and others have joined in, no one is excluded, however a few continue to malign us and refuse to join standing shoulder to shoulder with people of different faiths.<br /><br />FBI Chief Danny Deffenbaugh, Mayors or Mayors pro-tem and Police chiefs of Plano, Frisco, Richardson, Dallas, Garland, Carrollton, Addison and representatives of congress woman Eddie Bernice Johnson and State Representative Florence Shapiro were all on the stage. Among the civic leaders were Dean Hobson of the UT Dallas among others.<br /><br />My conversation with Maria Arita of Fox news was interesting. She wanted to know if it was difficult to pull these various groups together. She could not resist the inherent bias and blurted out, "was it the Moslems that were difficult?" I said no and the answer will be in my upcoming book. It’s an amazing story of interfaith.<br /><br />In the 3rd annual Unity Day event we discovered something beautiful about how we hold things inside. I have sincere relationships with my friends in different religious communities and they share whatever bothers them, usually is it about Muslims. Every one wants to genuinely find the truth and thanks to my friends from the Zoroastrian and Sikh Communities who held back the issue for two years.<br /><br />Dr. Harbans Lal and Firdosh Mehta asked me to find out why Muslims walked out on them, when it was their turn to pray in the first Unity day? Remember the Alphabetical sequence? I thank Bhagvad Gita for instilling in me with “finding the truth is one’s own responsibility”… we dug up and found out that it was the prayer time for Muslims when the Sikhs and Zoroastrian got on the stage. I shared that story and told our friends attending the event that you have got to admire our Muslim brothers and sisters, when the time for prayer comes up, they drop everything as nothing else is a priority to them and Mayor Pat Evans appreciated the hint. If that time were during the speech of the Mayor, they would simply fulfill their duty to God and pray. Isn’t it amazing what was construed as dislike to hear the Sikh and Zoroastrian payers, was not? It was such a relief to our friends Dr. Lal and Mehta.<br /><br />Gregory Gomez, the Apache American surprised everyone and continues to remain the talk of the town. When Gomez went on to the stage with our Hopi Chief Ambrose to cleanse the environment (Done with feathers, a native tradition and I have been cleansed a few times). The first words the Native American spoke thrilled the audience, it was ironic, unexpected and truthful, he said, “Welcome to my country”. The biggest appreciation came from Richardson Mayor, Gary Slagel without missing the beat.<br /><br />A few more of the moments are at<i><b><a href="http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-jews-christians-and-muslims-better.html" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-jews-christians-and-muslims-better.html</span></a> </b></i>or in Dallas Morning News at: http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/09/texas-faith-do-jews-christians.html<br /><br />God willing my upcoming book will share some of the most difficult and humorous interfaith moments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Biggest Achievement of Unity Day</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The pinnacle achievement of Unity Day was on 9/11/2013 - Here is the full story about it and a film is in the making with the title "Sacred". </span><a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2014/04/reestablishing-right-muslim-attitudes.html" style="color: #0c0c0c; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">A New Paradigm for Muslim World</span></i></b></a><span style="font-size: 13pt;">. Indeed, every year, our friends who attend the event have said, they feel good about being prejudice free and free from stereotyping others, that is the power of the Unity Day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 13pt;">Let’s explore daily opportunities to make America a better place for each one of us. Let’s treat others as we would wish to be treated and have compassion for others who might look different.</span></div>
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ourselves to our pledge; One nation under God with liberty and Justice
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honor the free speech guaranteed in our constitution, and have no
intentions to criticize, condemn or oppose Pastor Terry Jones freedom of
expression. Instead, we will be donating blood and praying for
goodness to prevail for the common good of the world. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />We
hope, our mercy based message will remind those few Muslims elsewhere
in the world that violence is not the way. We believe it may bring a
change in the attitudes of followers of Pastor Jones, and in the
behavior of those Muslims who reacted violently the last time Pastor
sought notoriety. <br /></span></span></div>
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You will be a part of history in creating a model behavior in dealing with
conflicts and building a cohesive America, where no American has to live in
apprehension or fear of the other. </span>The 10th Annual
event is moved to Mulberry, Florida - for a singular purpose - to
mitigate possible apprehensions generated by the planned burning of 2998
copies of Quran on September 11, 2013. We hope the event restores our faith in
the cohesiveness of America, and we the people will go on about our
business of living our daily lives.The full press release: <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html">http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html</a><br /><br /><b>WE WILL GATHER; </b></span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to be together as Americans</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to express our gratitude to our men and women in uniform</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to honor individuals who have contributed to the well being of Mulberry, Florida</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to emphasize and appreciate diversity represented by America.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to cherish the otherness of others. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to commit to be good neighbors </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to rededicate our pledge to the peace, prosperity and security of America</span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please
join us with your family and friends to be together as Americans. Your
presence is a valuable expression of unity. Along with our elected
officials, civic, religious and business leaders, you help fulfill our
common values and aspirations. Your presence fortifies our commitment to
a pluralistic America.<br /><br />As Americans, and as American of all
hues, we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in
our constitution. All our faiths reinforce the creed of "One Nation
under God, with liberty and justice for all”.<br /><br />On this Unity Day
USA, we, the people of the United States of America of every faith, race
and ethnicity, will gather to express our commitment to co-existence,
safety, prosperity and the well being of our nation.</span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-55529447879563786192013-08-23T15:04:00.000-07:002013-09-09T10:00:21.287-07:0010th Annual Unity Day USA will be held in Mulberry, Florida<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;">A PURPOSEFUL EVENT</span> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>WEBSITE </b>: <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/">www.UnityDayUSA.com </a></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It
is a purposeful positive event for Americans of different faiths,
races, ethnicities and other uniqueness to come together to rededicate
ourselves to our pledge; One nation under God with liberty and Justice
for all. We will pray for peace, prosperity and security of our nation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last
year the event focused on the positive response of Sikh community to
the Wisconsin Shooting and this year, we will focus on the positive
prayerful response of Muslim community to the planned Qur'an Burning by
Pastor Terry Jones in Mulberry, Florida.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>RSVP</b>- ConfirmAttendance@gmail.com<br />Contact information - at the bottom</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;"><br />PROGRAM DETAILS</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Pictures indicate for visualization of the program as was done in Dallas, Texas </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />We honor the free speech guaranteed in our constitution, and have no intentions to criticize, condemn or oppose Pastor Terry Jones freedom of expression. Instead, we will be donating blood and praying for goodness to prevail for the common good of the world. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />We hope, our mercy based message will remind those few Muslims elsewhere in the world that violence is not the way. We believe it may bring a change in the attitudes of followers of Pastor Jones, and in the behavior of those Muslims who reacted violently the last time Pastor sought notoriety. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVQD6jraBmeTUsONsXrEbNHAa75oe6PnqPWacZdbnd-t8NmrToBJ53mZHDxigSBOpaXpcK2RthSIlyIFFbbdSDmf1dEKns4V3NIuV4iAgjYMJmH-Uu1-wzJAIHCvjVWt20p8bvQ4zu9a5/s1600/Unitydayusa0911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVQD6jraBmeTUsONsXrEbNHAa75oe6PnqPWacZdbnd-t8NmrToBJ53mZHDxigSBOpaXpcK2RthSIlyIFFbbdSDmf1dEKns4V3NIuV4iAgjYMJmH-Uu1-wzJAIHCvjVWt20p8bvQ4zu9a5/s400/Unitydayusa0911.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please
join us for a life changing event, you will fall in love with the idea that all
of us Americans will come together as Americans and nothing but Americans.
While we have our identity, we look to each other as American and rededicate
ourselves to our pledge; one nation under God with liberty and justice for all.
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<br />
You will be a part of history in creating a model behavior in dealing with
conflicts and building a cohesive America, where no American has to live in
apprehension or fear of the other.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span>The 10th Annual
event is moved to Mulberry, Florida - for a singular purpose - to
mitigate possible apprehensions generated by the planned burning of 2998
copies of Quran on September 11, 2013. We hope the event restores our faith in
the cohesiveness of America, and we the people will go on about our
business of living our daily lives.</span></span></span>The full press release: <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html">http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html</a><br /><br /><b>WE WILL GATHER; </b></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> to be together as Americans</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> to express our gratitude to our men and women in uniform</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> to honor individuals who have contributed to the well being of Mulberry, Florida</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> to emphasize and appreciate diversity represented by America.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> to cherish the otherness of others. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> to commit to be good neighbors </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> to rededicate our pledge to the peace, prosperity and security of America</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Please join us with your family and friends to be together as Americans. Your presence is a valuable expression of unity. Along with our elected officials, civic, religious and business leaders, you help fulfill our common values and aspirations. Your presence fortifies our commitment to a pluralistic America.<br /><br />As Americans, and as American of all hues, we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. All our faiths reinforce the creed of "One Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all”.<br /><br />On this Unity Day USA, we, the people of the United States of America of every faith, race and ethnicity, will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, safety, prosperity and the well being of our nation.<br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="en-US"><b><br />NATIONAL ANTHEM</b><span style="font-size: small;">By Kaleemah Haneef</span><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">Picture from the 7th Annual Unity Day - A Muslim and a Jewish Teenager sing the national Anthem - the Marine Guard is saluting in the background<br /></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">Thanking key volunteers - Curtis Rahman</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">Thanking the Media- Butch Rahman</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">Appreciating the sponsors - Lynn Brown</span></span></span></span></li>
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Purpose - a new positive approach to conflict mitigation and rededicating to our
pledge – one nation under God with Liberty and Justice for all- Mike</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">Blood donation – Dr. Bajwa (3 Minutes) about the nationwide blood drive </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">One Blood Organization - Pat Michaels will share about the importance of blood donation</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">Hon. Mayor George Hatch, Mulberry</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">Lt. Keith Hall, Police Chief, Mulberry</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">All-inclusive spiritual leaders will be on stage
representing each tradition, and lighting a candle of the next, a symbolic
gesture to be the light to others. Every available religious American
representation in Polk County will be accommodated. This is not about sermons
but about being together as Americans. Please beware, it is about Americans and included in the group will be Atheists, Pagans and other non-religious traditions. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><br /><b>PEACE PLEDGE</b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">I will I will speak up when there is injustice.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">I will speak up when truth is not spoken.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">I will make my words and my actions mitigate conflicts.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">I will do my share in nurturing goodwill for the benefit of all.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">I will do my share of peace work, without looking for others </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">I will do respect the God given uniqueness of each individual.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">I will do my best to live and let others live their way. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">I will do my best to nurture goodwill in everything I do.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><b>SPECIAL MUSLIM PRAYER</b> </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">( 3-4 Minutes)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Muslim prayers and supplication
for the safety and security and unity of our nation</span></span>. Pray
for the well being of all Americans, and seek forgiveness for all of us, and may God guide
Reverend Terry Jones to become a be blessed peace maker. Pray for the
goodwill of the people of Polk county and Mulberry City, and pray for a
cohesive America, where no American needs to live in apprehension,
discomfort or fear or fellow Americans. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">CONCLUSION </span></span></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: xx-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mayor Hatch and one of the top officials</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> will make the remarks.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">
<b>BLOOD DONATION</b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: xx-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is exactly what we did on 9.11.2001 in Dallas - <a href="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011/09/911-story-interfaith-moments.html">Link</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: xx-small; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Press release about Big Red Bus - <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/09/muslim-americans-are-determined-to-turn.html">Link</a> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MESSAGES - PRESS RELEASES</span></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>PRESS RELEASE - MUSLIM RESPONSE TO PASTOR JONES
QUR'AN BURNING</b></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/URL-%20http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html" title="http://www.blogger.com/URL- http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html"> URL-
http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>VIDEO MESSAGE TO MUSLIMS AND PASTOR JONES</b></span><b> </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsQq-tbJ89k&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsQq-tbJ89k&feature=youtu.be</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsQq-tbJ89k&feature=youtu.be" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsQq-tbJ89k&feature=youtu.be"><br /></a></b></span>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>MUSLIMS PROTESTS - MULBERRY LEDGER </b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.theledger.com/article/20130820/news/130829938">http://www.theledger.com/article/20130820/news/130829938</a></span><b><span style="color: teal;"> </span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>FOR MUSLIMS IN AMERICA, A NOVEL PROTEST - TIMES OF
INDIA</b></span><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/From-Muslims-in-America-a-novel-protest-against-quran-burning/articleshow/21982162.cms" title="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/From-Muslims-in-America-a-novel-protest-against-quran-burning/articleshow/21982162.cms"> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/From-Muslims-in-America-a-novel-protest-against-quran-burning/articleshow/21982162.cms</a><span style="color: teal;"><b> </b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>A PROPER RESPONSE TO INFLAMMATORY ACT - SAUDI
GAZETTE</b></span><a href="http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130821177617" title="http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130821177617"> http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130821177617</a><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight: bold;">TAMPA BAY FOX NEWS </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/23233567/2013/08/22/pastor-wants-to-burn-3000-korans-in-mulberry">http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/23233567/2013/08/22/pastor-wants-to-burn-3000-korans-in-mulberry </a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>OVER 50 PIECES AT</b></span>: <a href="http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/">www.WorldMuslimCongress.com </a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">MULBERRY MAYOR HON. GEORGE HATCH </span><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THE MULBERRY UNITY DAY TEAM - MIKE, CURTIS, SUZANNE, LYNN <br />
AND FRIEND SUSIE (NOT ON THE TEAM)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All the original pieces related to the Quran burning even are at www.WorldMuslimCongress.com </span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>HOW UNITY DAY WAS BORN </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #010101;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><a href="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html" title="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html"><br />http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html</a></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #010101;">Mike Ghouse </span><br /><span style="color: #010101;">
<span class="skypepnhtextspan"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: no-repeat ! important; bottom: auto ! important; clip: auto; cursor: pointer ! important; float: none; list-style-position: outside; overflow: hidden; right: auto; word-spacing: normal; z-index: 0;" tabindex="-1"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: no-repeat ! important; bottom: auto ! important; clip: auto; cursor: pointer ! important; float: none; list-style-position: outside; overflow: hidden; right: auto; word-spacing: normal; z-index: 0;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat ! important; bottom: auto ! important; clip: auto; cursor: pointer ! important; list-style-position: outside; overflow: hidden; right: auto; word-spacing: normal; z-index: 0;">(214) 325-1916</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>text/talk<br /><a href="http://SpeakerMikeGhouse@gmail.com/">SpeakerMikeGhouse@Gmail.com </a><br /><br /><a href="http://quranburningpastorterryjones.blogspot.com/">http://quranburningpastorterryjones.blogspot.com/ </a></span><br /><span style="color: #010101;">
<a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">www.AmericaTogetherFoundation.com</a></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/">www.FoundationforPluralism.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/">www.WorldMuslimCongress.com </a><br />
<a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/">www.UnitydayUSA.com</a> </span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-41213951197939206892012-09-29T12:07:00.004-07:002013-09-01T08:43:28.423-07:00IX Annual Unity Day Update <br />
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Full length video and individual videos will be posted by Thanksgiving 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>VIII ANNUAL UNITY DAY AWARDS</b><br />
we are committed to build a cohesive America<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Americans together building a Cohesive America.</b><br />
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We are gathered today for a singular purpose, to be together as Americans and
rededicate our pledge to the peace, prosperity and security of our nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>9th Annual Unity Day USA</b><br />
Tuesday, September 11, 2012<br />
11:30 AM -1:30 PM<br />
Unity of Dallas,<br />
6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Awards to Seven Individuals for building bridges &<br />
Two outstanding communities for their service<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate your participation along with our Marines,Mayors,
Fire & Police Chiefs, Religious, Secular and civicleaders, Native Americans
and people from different walks of life , races & traditions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate the in-kind and financial support from Laura
Sutherland of Unity of Dallas, John Hammond and Shabnam Modgil of FunAsia,
Farooq Hemani, Pastor George Mason, Dr. Basheer Ahmed, The Sikh
Community, Shaukat Gaziani, Dr. Harbans Lal, Universal Peace Federation, Dr.
Nauman Anwar, Len Ellis, Akram Syed, Pastor Bob Roberts and possibly you.<br />
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Please donate to defray the cost of the event at:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/"><span style="color: #454b6a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://AmericaTogetherFoundation.com/donate/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TO INDIVIDUALS</span><br />
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Please note that the award plaques confer the title of “Pluralist” to
each one of the individual recipients we are recognizing today. Pluralist is
some one who believes in living his own life and letting others live theirs. <br />
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Hon. Vivian Castleberry <br />
by: Carol Crabtree Donavan; presented by: Bob Mong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hon.
Madan Goyal</span><br />
by: Akram Syed; presented by: Mayor Stephen Terrell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Rabbi
Charlie Cytron-Walker</span><br />
by: Mike Ghouse; presented by: Fire Chief John Murphy<br />
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Imam Yaseen Shaikh<br />
by: Mike Ghouse; presented by: Mayor pro tem Laura Maczka<br />
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Dr. Cheryl Gray Kimberling <br />
by: Dr. Basheer Ahmed; presented by: Mayor Marco Mejia<br />
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Hon. William McKenzie<br />
by: Bob Mong; presented by:
Mayor Bob Townsend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hon.
Peter Stewart, it’s a life time achievement</span><br />
by: Rev. Bill Matthews; presented by:
Mayor Bill Glancy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Pluralism
is not a religion, it is not a mish-mash of religions, it is not even an effort
to bring religions together. It is simply respecting who you are, as you are
created by same process (God) as every one else. It is an attitude of finding
ways to co-exist with least conflicts.<br />
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<b></b></span><b>WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Individuals who
will donate over $100.00 will be listed on the website for their support at
www.UnityDayUSA.com. Those who contributed after this book is compiled will
also be listed at the site.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">You can mail the
check to America Together Foundation at 2665 Villa Creek Dr, Suite 206, Dallas,
TX 75234. or donate at:<br />
<a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/"></a></span><a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/"><span style="color: black;">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</span></a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is our duty to " <a href="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2012/08/annual-awards-awardees.html"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">honor and cherish individuals</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span>" who have dedicated their lives
to building bridges among Americans. Their pioneering spirit in facilitating
communities to know and to respect each other is appreciated by the people of
Dallas/ Fort Worth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On this day, we appreciate and
celebrate their contributions towards building a cohesive America, where no one
has to live in apprehension, discomfort or fear of the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year we are appreciating seven
individuals who have made a difference in our communities. They have gone
beyond their own cocoon and reached out many others. Over the years we
have admired 22 such individuals who are listed in the following pages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have appreciated the Jewish Community for doing their work of
Tikkun Olam (Repairing the world), Muslims for the extraordinary efforts after
9/11, the African Americans for bringing a major change to America; the passing
of the civil rights act. Indeed, most of the Asian and African immigrants are
here today because of Martin Luther King Jr’s work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“In recognition of your work in building a cohesive America, and
pronouncing that we are all in this together by sharing your blood with fellow
Americans. Your community's goal of donating 10,000 pints of blood last year,
was achieved as you collected 11,800 pints of blood on the 10th anniversary of
9/11. This year you have a goal of 11,000 pints of blood to donate. The
people of Dallas/Fort Worth greatly appreciate your effort in building bridges
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plaque reads, “In recognition of your work in reaffirming the right values when tragedy befalls the community, and indeed, your response to the Wisconsin Gurudwara massacre was exemplary and reflects the teachings of the Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism and every one of the spiritual masters from Zarathustra, Confucius, Moses, Krishna, Mahavira, Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, Baha'u'llah, and other great spiritual masters. Your leadership in building a cohesive America is greatly appreciated by all.</span></div>
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Recipient Dr. Gurdarshan Singh Brar<br />
Presented by State Rep Stefani Carter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Recipient Sardar Dyal Singh Sain<br />
Presented by Allen Mayor Steven Terrell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Recipient Sardar Gurinder Singh<br />
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<br />Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-7396563668356552602012-09-18T13:31:00.002-07:002012-09-18T20:33:49.886-07:00Update on VIII annual Unity Day USA<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Thanks
for participating in the VIII Annual Unity Day USA, we are blessed with your presence and appreciate the work you do in building a cohesive America. If you
could respond to the dated items below, I would appreciate it. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">Two
sets of Videos </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">will be uploaded by this
weekend</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Some
really good photographs will be uploaded, if you need a print, let me know</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Media
coverage links will be uploaded</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">A
copy of </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">brochure</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> will be mailed ifyou have not receieved it</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">We
need is your feedback - in one, two or three paragraphs by <b><span style="color: blue;">9/27/12</span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">,
a week from now - send them to </span><a href="mailto:UnityDayUSA@gmail.com" style="line-height: 115%;">UnityDayUSA@gmail.com</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Please
mark your </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">calendar</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> for <b><span style="color: blue;">1/27/2013 </span></b>-</span></span><a href="http://www.holocaustandgenocides.com/" style="line-height: 115%;">www.HolocaustandGenocides.com</a></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Please
send your full profile to be uploaded on the site by <span style="color: blue;"><b>9/27/12</b></span> - applicable to
all the awardees, introducers and presenters and past recipients - please send in text format and the email and attach a picture of your choice.</span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;">We are $1700 Short, some of the pledges did
not make it and if 10 of you can contribute $100 each and 14 of you $50.00 each
- we will meet our expenses. All the contributions will be listed on the
website. You can pay at - <a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</a>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana;">We appreciate the in-kind support from Laura Sutherland of Unity of Dallas, and John Hammond and Shabnam Modgil of FunAsia. And the financial support from Farooq Hemani, Pastor George Mason, Dr. Basheer Ahmed, The Sikh Community, Shaukat Gaziani, Universal Peace Federation, Dr. Nauman Anwar, Len Ellis, Akram Syed, Pastor Bob Roberts, Suhail Kausar, Sikh Temple of North Texas and...<br /> </span></div>
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<br />Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-23138303924788255872012-09-11T15:27:00.002-07:002012-09-11T15:27:13.612-07:00CBS News on Unity Day 09112012<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only 300 people gathered at the site of the World Trade Center in New York; politicians didn’t speak, either. And ceremonies at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania were more subdued as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the 8th annual Unity Day USA service in Dallas, about 100 people gathered to celebrate one thing that united us that terrible day: that Americans of all faiths and backgrounds are still Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">America Together Founder, and Master of Ceremonies, Mike Ghouse explains the importance of tolerance. “9-11 is gone, Osama is dead and I’m glad he is gone. It brought us a relief to the world and that is the relief we need to celebrate that we—it’s time for us to heal.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is also lobbying for a federal law to honor the date “Where we can proclaim this as a national day where Americans can come together to celebrate unity and also rededicate our pledge for the safety and security of all nations.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Unity Day USA service honored the Sikh faith in the aftermath of massacre in Wisconsin this year; also honored, Ahmadiyya Muslims, who are donating 11,000 pints of blood as a September 11th remembrance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam Madden, a Christian, explains why he brought his 13-year-old daughter, Mary. “The theme of Unity Day, of bringing different faiths together, and educating my daughter that we’re all God’s children,” according to Madden, who adds, “Jesus would have love for all mankind and I try to teach her that.” Daughter Mary is just 13 but has definite thoughts on 9-11. “Back then we used to be far away; now it seems closer since it happened.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Always, anniversaries are very difficult” said Peter Stewart of the Thanksgiving Square Foundation in Dallas, “because peoples’ memories are fastened on the moment.” He adds, “I think the memory needs to be kept fresh.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the newly-opened Veterans Resource Center in Oak Cliff, the flame of remembrance still burns very brightly for the men and women who served. “I think they’re very important because it keeps it on the mind of the people,” said Kennard Bowlen, a retired U.S Air Force veteran.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We cry about it.” Adds Delbert Ford, who was among some 200 veterans and volunteers commemorating the day. His niece just missed being aboard one of those fateful flights. Also a Christian, he nonetheless believes vigilance is necessary. “I pray to our God in heaven that nothing like that ever happens again but I also hope that we’ll be strong and be able to stand up.” And to remember going forward, he says.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a purposeful event to bring people of different faiths,
races, ethnicities and other uniqueness together to feel the oneness of our
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">to be together as Americans</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">to express our gratitude to our Firemen, Police and Armed
Forces<br />to honor seven individuals who have contributed to the well being of
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">to honor two communities for their work towards building a
cohesive America<br />to emphasize and appreciate diversity represented by
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Please join us with your family and friends to be together
as Americans. Your presence is a valuable expression of unity. Along with our
elected officials, civic, religious and business leaders, you help fulfill our
common values and aspirations. Your presence fortifies our commitment to a
pluralistic America.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Event: 8th Annual Unity Day USA</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Time: 11:30 AM -1:30 PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Where: Unity of Dallas, <br />Address: 6525 Forest Lane, Dallas,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The Marine Guards will start off the ceremony followed by
the Sikh Community Members singing our national Anthem followed by recognizing
seven individuals who are making a difference in building a cohesive America.
Two communities have been playing an exemplary role in sharing their work and
action that brings Americans together. The civic leaders including state
Representatives, Mayors, council persons, Fire and Police Chiefs will join us
followed by 13 leaders representing Atheism to Zoroastrianism to share the
wisdom or scriptures from their traditions. There will be light lunch in the
Sikh Tradition. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Awards: Seven Individuals for building bridges in Dallas/Fort
Worth communities</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Communities: Two outstanding communities this year for their
service</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Organizations: Participating organizations are you
in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Details: </span><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.UnitydayUSA.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Donate: </span><a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">RSVP to: </span><a href="mailto:ConfirmAttendance@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: small;">ConfirmAttendance@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> (there is no charge
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">As Americans, and as American Muslims, we uphold, protect,
defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. All our faiths
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 <br />
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</span><a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/"><span lang="en-US">www.FoundationForPluralism.com</span></a><span lang="en-US"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/"><span lang="en-US">www.AmericaTogetherFoundation.com</span></a><span lang="en-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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day as conceived <a href="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html" title="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html">http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html</a></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #010101;">Mike Ghouse <br />
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-84435809316041240122012-08-03T17:17:00.001-07:002012-09-06T16:06:59.591-07:00VIII Annual Unity Day USA<b style="background-color: white; color: #010101; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">YOUR INVITATION TO</span></b></b><br />
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UNITY DAY EVENT</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Please
join us with your family and friends to be together as Americans.
<o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><i>Your
presence</i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><i>
</i>is a valuable expression of unity. Along with our elected officials, civic,
religious and business leaders, you help fulfill our common values and
aspirations. Your presence fortifies our commitment to a pluralistic America.
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Event:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"> 8<sup>th</sup> Annual Unity Day
USA<br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Date:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"> Tuesday, September 11,
2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Time</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">:
11:30 AM -1:30 PM****<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unity of Dallas, </span></span><br /><u style="color: #010101; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Address</u><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">:
6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230</span></span><br /><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">*** <i>Be early, Marine Guards will start the flag </i></span></span><i><span style="color: #010101;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">ceremony</span></span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> right on time.</span></span></i><br /><br /><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Individuals</a><span style="color: #010101;"> for building bridges in
Dallas/Fort Worth communities<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2012/08/participating-organizations.html">Organizations</a></span></u><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">: <a href="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2012/08/participating-organizations.html" style="color: #010101; text-decoration: none;" title="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2012/08/participating-organizations.html">Participating
organizations </a>are you
in?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: blue;">Who</span><span style="color: #010101;">:</span></span></u><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"> You, Marines, Mayors, Fire & Police Chiefs, Religious and people from many religions, races, ethnicities and
traditions<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On this Unity Day USA, we, the people of the United States of America of every faith, race and ethnicity, will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, safety, prosperity and the well being of our nation.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. All our faiths reinforce the creed of "One Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all”.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Your presence</b> is a valuable expression of unity. Along with our elected officials, civic, religious and business leaders, you help fulfill our common values and aspirations. Your presence fortifies our commitment to a pluralistic America. Please confirm to <a href="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com" title="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">confirmattendance@gmail.com</span></a>.</span><br />
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of the communities we are appreciating at this Unity Day USA is the <b><span style="color: #444444;">Sikh
Community</span></b>, for setting an example that forgiveness, patience, forbearance, and
kindness are the right values, and the right thing to do when tragedy befalls a
community. Their response to the Wisconsin Gurudwara massacre was exemplary and
reflects the teachings of Guru Nanak the founder of the faith and every one of
the spiritual masters from Zarathustra, Confucius, Moses, Krishna, Jesus,
Muhammad, Buddha, Baha'ullah, and other great spiritual masters.
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among Americans. Their pioneering spirit in facilitating communities to know
each other and to respect each other is appreciated by the people of Dallas/
Fort Worth. On this day, we appreciate and celebrate their contributions towards
building a cohesive America, where no one has to live in apprehension,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kindly consider financially supporting this event, to defray the costs.- <a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/" title="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/"><span style="color: blue;">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</span></a>.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-89299826814089872212012-08-03T17:15:00.000-07:002012-08-29T08:00:35.415-07:00Annual Awards - Awardees<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #010101; line-height: 23px;">It is our duty to </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #010101; line-height: 23px;">honor and cherish individuals</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #010101; line-height: 23px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #010101; line-height: 23px;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #010101; line-height: 23px;">who have dedicated their lives to building bridges among Americans. Their pioneering spirit in facilitating communities to know each other and to respect each other is appreciated by the people of Dallas/ Fort Worth. On this day, we appreciate and celebrate their contributions towards building a cohesive America, where no one has to live in apprehension, discomfort or fear of the other. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"> Indeed that was the work of all the prophets, messengers and peace makers. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><br /></span>On this day, the Unity day USA, we appreciate and celebrate
their contributions of the following individuals (last seven years) who have been<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"> recognized for their contributions in making Dallas/ Fort Worth a better for every one of us. </span></span></div>
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We are pleased to share the names of the individuals in the last seven years;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rev. Bill
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. Len Ellis, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. MaryAnn Thompson-Frenk,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Harbans Lal, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Imam Zia Shaikh, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rev. Bob Roberts, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. Bob Ray Sanders<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon.
Julie Ann Turner, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. John Hammond, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. Jonathan Halsey, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon.
Steve Blow, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Rev. Petra Weldes, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. Marzuk Jaami </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. Alexis Yancey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elliott Dlin, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Robert Hunt, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. Sam Hodges, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. Daisy Khan <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">This year we are recognizing 7 Individuals as </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; text-align: start;">Pluralists by the Foundation for Pluralism and America Together Foundation. A pluralist is one who respects the otherness of others and accepts the God given uniqueness of each one of the 7 billion of us. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Please join us on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 11:30 AM at the Unity Church of Dallas on Forest Lane in Dallas. Details on home page. </span></div>
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the past we had 90 participant organizations. We hope to reach with 100
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>TRAILER OF THE FILM: IS THIS THE AMERICA YOU WANT? </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have the time, please consider donating funds to defray cost of the event. All names over $100 will be announced on the day of the event. <span style="background: white;">click the following link and do
the needful - </span><a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/" title="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/"><span style="background: white;">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</span></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be
calling on you, or you can call me. The public invitation is at <a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/">www.UnityDayUSA.com</a> that you could share
with your family, friends and associates. <br />
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Mike Ghouse <br />
(214) 325-1916 - talk or text </span><br />
<br />Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-86368662373309509882012-08-03T16:54:00.003-07:002012-11-04T03:55:22.420-08:00Participating Organizations<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you wish to list
<b>your organization</b> as a participating organization in the event, please
share the name of your organization and the web address by sending an email to ( no verbals or text messages please) <a href="mailto:UnityDayUSA@gmail.com" title="mailto:UnityDayUSA@gmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">UnityDayUSA@gmail.com</span></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We request you to consider donating $50, $100, $250, $500, $1000 to defray the costs of the event</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.75pt;"> simply <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">click link and do the needful - </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.75pt;"><a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/" title="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: blue;">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please feel free to call (972) 243-7040 or call Mike Ghouse at (214) 325-1916</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The InterFaith Council of The Thanks-Giving Foundation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DFW Sikhs for Inter-religious Engagement</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mcc-hs.org/">MCC for Human services</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://dallaspeacecenter.org/">Dallas Peace Center</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peacemakers Incorporated</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Universal Peace Federation of Dallas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gurudwara Sahib of Houston</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.interfaithalliance.org/">Interfaith Alliance</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">City of Desoto</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">City of Little Elm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carrollton Police Department
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garland Fire Department
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Multicultural Alliance of Fort Worth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foundation for Pluralism</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World Muslim Congress</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.iant.com/">Islamic Association of North Texas</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cathedralofhope.com/">Cathedral of Hope</a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.interfaithpeacechapel.com/">Interfaith Peace Chapel</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silver Lining Ministry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.funasia.net/">Fun Asia</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tellstruth.webs.com/index.htm">North Texans for 9/11 Truth</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Academy of Guru Granth Studies - </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Adat Chaverim Synagogue - </span><a href="http://www.adatchaverim.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.adatchaverim.org/</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Adat Chaverim Synagogue - </span><a href="http://www.adatchaverim.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.adatchaverim.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam - </span><a href="http://www.alislam.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.alislam.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">American Clergy leadership conference </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">American Family Coalition</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">American Federation of Muslims from India</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">American Hindu Association - </span><a href="http://www.americanhindu.net/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.americanhindu.net</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">American Muslim Forum - </span><a href="http://www.americanmuslimforum.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.AmericanMuslimforum.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">American Muslim Task Force </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Art of Living Foundation - </span><a href="http://www.artoflivingdfw.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.artoflivingdfw.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Art Spirit - Center for Spirituality - </span><a href="http://www.artspiritdallas.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.artspiritdallas.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Bahai Faith </span><a href="http://www.bahaisofdallas.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.bahaisofdallas.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">BAPS Swami Narayan Temple of Dallas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Bohra Muslim Community </span><a href="http://www.malumat.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.malumat.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Brahma Kumaris of Dallas - </span><a href="http://www.bkdallas.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.bkdallas.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Buddhist Community of Dallas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">CAIR - Council on American Islamic Relations - </span><a href="http://www.cairdfw.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.cairdfw.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Center for Global Diplomacy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Center for Spiritual Living - </span><a href="http://www.csldallas.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.csldallas.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Chinmaya Mission DFW - </span><a href="http://www.chinmayasaaket.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.chinmayasaaket.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Congregation Beth Torah - </span><a href="http://www.congregationbethtorah.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.congregationbethtorah.org/</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">D/FW Hindu Temple Society - </span><a href="http://www.dfwhindutemple.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.dfwhindutemple.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Dallas Concilio - </span><a href="http://www.dallasconcilio.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.DallasConcilio.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Dallas County Republican Party</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Dallas Masjid Al-Islam</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Department of Justice, Community Relations - </span><a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/crs"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.usdoj.gov/crs</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">DFW Hindu Temple Society of North Texas - </span><a href="http://www.dfwhindutemple.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.Dfwhindutemple.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Family federation for world peace </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Federal Bureau of Investigations -www.dallasfbi.gov</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Federation of Jain Centers of North America - </span><a href="http://www.jaina.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.jaina.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Foundation for Pluralism - </span><a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.Foundationforpluralism.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Free Muslim Coalition - </span><a href="http://www.freemuslims.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.freemuslims.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Freedom and Justice (F&J) Foundations -www.FreeandJust.org</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Hare Krishna Temple of DFW - </span><a href="http://www.radhakalachandji.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.radhakalachandji.com</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Hazara American Welfare Association, Inc. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">IANT - Free Medical Clinic</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">ILE Olokun Sanya Awopeju of Texas - </span><a href="http://www.ileolokun.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.ileolokun.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">India Association of North Texas - </span><a href="http://www.iant.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.iant.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Indian Cultural Heritage Foundation - </span><a href="http://www.ichf-us.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.ichf-us.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Indian Muslim Council - </span><a href="http://www.imc-usa.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.imc-usa.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Institute of Medieval and Post Medieval Studies</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Interfaith center - Dallas, Texas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">International Shinto Foundation- </span><a href="http://shinto.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://shinto.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Islamic Association of Carrollton - </span><a href="http://www.carrolltonmasjid.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.carrolltonmasjid.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Islamic Association of collin county </span><a href="http://www.planomasjid.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.planomasjid.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Islamic Association of North Texas </span><a href="http://iant.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://iant.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Islamic Association of tarrant County</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ismaili Muslim Community of North Texas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Jain Society of North Texas- </span><a href="http://www.dfwjains.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.dfwjains.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Kurdish Human Rights Watch - </span><a href="http://www.khrw.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.khrw.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Lewisville Masjid- </span><a href="http://www.lewisvillemasjid.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.lewisvillemasjid.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Madinah Masjid of Carrollton - </span><a href="http://www.madinahmasjid.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.madinahmasjid.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Masjid Warith Deen Mohammed </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Memnosyne Foundation – </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Muslim Alliance Southwest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Muslim Community Center </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Muslim Community Center for Human Services </span><a href="http://www.mcc-hs.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.mcc-hs.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">National American Muslim Association - </span><a href="http://www.namaw.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.namaw.com</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">National Muslim Events Calendar - </span><a href="http://www.muslim-calendar.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.muslim-calendar.com</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">North Texas Hindu Mandir - </span><a href="http://www.northtexashindumandir.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.northtexashindumandir.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">North Texas Islamic Council </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Orbits of Influence - </span><a href="http://www.orbitsofinfluence.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.orbitsofinfluence.com</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Orthodox Christian Church - </span><a href="http://www.stsavaplano.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.stsavaplano.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Pakistan American Congress</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Pakistan Community Service - </span><a href="http://www.pakservices.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.pakservices.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Peace Makers of Dallas </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Plano Indian Lions Club</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sanctuary for Life - </span><a href="http://www.sanctuaryforlife.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.sanctuaryforlife.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Shia Muslim Community ,Momin Center, Irving - </span><a href="http://www.momin.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.momin.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sikh Study Circle DFW - </span><a href="http://www.sikhstudy.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.Sikhstudy.com</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sikh Temple of North Texas - </span><a href="http://www.sikhtempledallas.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.sikhtempledallas.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Somanatha Kshetram of North America (SKNA) - </span><a href="http://www.srism.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">WWW.SRISM.ORG/</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Southern Methodist University - SMA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sri Shridi Sai Baba Temple of Plano - </span><a href="http://www.shirdisaidallas.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.Shirdisaidallas.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Texas Muslim Womens foundation - </span><a href="http://www.tmwf.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.tmwf.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The Church of Living God, Oak Cliff</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The Freedom and Justice foundation - </span><a href="http://www.freeandjust.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.freeandjust.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The National Association Of Muslim American Women</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The Reformed Church of Plano</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Towheed Foundation - </span><a href="http://www.towheed.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.towheed.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Tunisian community Center - Mabrouk Badouga</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">United Nations Association - Dallas Chapter </span><a href="http://www.dallas-una.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.dallas-una.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Unity Church of Arlington</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Unity Church of Sachse - </span><a href="http://www.unityofsachse.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.unityofsachse.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Unity walk - Washington DC - </span><a href="http://www.911unitywalk.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.911unitywalk.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">UTD Students Government Association</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">West Plano Presbyterian Church- </span><a href="http://www.westplanopresbyterian.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.westplanopresbyterian.org</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">World Muslim Congress - </span><a href="http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">www.WorldMuslimCongress.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Zoroastrian Association of North Texas - </span><a href="http://www.zant.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.zant.org</span></a> </li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On this Unity Day USA, we, the people of the
United States of America of every faith, race and ethnicity, will gather to
express our commitment to co-existence, safety, prosperity and the well being
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and
celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. All our faiths reinforce
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Your presence</b> is a valuable expression of unity.
Along with our elected officials, civic, religious and business leaders, you
help fulfill our common values and aspirations. Your presence fortifies our
commitment to a pluralistic America. Please confirm to <a href="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com" title="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">confirmattendance@gmail.com</span></a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you wish to list <b>your organization</b> as a
participating organization in the event, please share the name of your
organization and the web address at <a href="mailto:UnityDayUSA@gmail.com" title="mailto:UnityDayUSA@gmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">UnityDayUSA@gmail.com</span></a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is our duty to<b> honor </b>and cherish individuals
who have dedicated their lives to dismantle artificial barriers among
Americans. On this day, we appreciate and celebrate their contributions towards
building a cohesive America, where no one has to live in apprehension,
discomfort or fear of the other.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kindly consider financially supporting this
event, and click the following link and do the needful - <a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/" title="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/"><span style="color: blue;">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</span></a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God Bless America.<br /><br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mike Ghouse<br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(214) 325-1916/ Talk or Text<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">email: <a href="mailto:MikeGhouse@aol.com" title="mailto:MikeGhouse@aol.com"><span style="color: blue;">MikeGhouse@aol.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">website: <a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/" title="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.UnitydayUSA.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/" title="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.AmericaTogetherFoundation.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/" title="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.FoundationforPluralism.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas - The America
Together Foundation and the Foundation for Pluralism and several faith based
organizations invite you to the 8th annual Unity Day USA, a 9/11 Memorial event
to be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">WHAT</span></span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: On this Unity Day USA, we, the people of the United States
of America of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather
to express our commitment to co-existence, Unity, safety, prosperity and well
being of our nation by coming together.
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- Tuesday, September 11, 2012 (Sack lunch)<br />
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Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">WHO</span></span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: Mayors, Fire and
Police and Education Chiefs, Civic Leaders, public servants, you and your
friends. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">YOUR ROLE</span></span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: Is to attend the
event as well as invite your friends to join us at the event by confirming to </span><u><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:Confirmattendance@gmail.com"><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">Confirmattendance@gmail.com</span></u></a></span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> . Your presence is an expression of unity with our elected
officials, Mayors, fire and police chiefs, civic and business leaders, along
with leaders representing every faith and native traditions with the public. It’s a symbolic Unity.<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><u>HONORING</u></b>:</span> It is our duty to honor and cherish individuals
who have dismantled the barriers between them and others. We appreciate and
recognize their commitment to build a cohesive and pluralistic America, where
no one has to live in apprehension, discomfort or fear of the other. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">YOUR ORGANIZATION</span></span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: If you wish to be
listed as a </span><u><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/Images_UnityDay/UnityDay_PastOrganizations.asp"><u><span style="color: #0070c0;">participating organization</span></u></a></span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> in the event, please share the Name of your organization
and the web address. At the peak we have
had 90 Organizations participate and we hope to cooperate with 100
organizations this time. <br /><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">DONATIONS</span></span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: If you wish to
support an event like this, please click the following link and do the needful.
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</a>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“This is an annual event for Americans to come
together and look to each other as American and nothing but American. We will rededicate our pledge to the safety and security
of our nation”. As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the
values enshrined in our constitution. All our faiths reinforce the creed of "One
Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all." <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(214) 325-1916/ Talk or Text<br />
email:<b> </b></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:Mike@AmericaTogetherFoundation.com">Mike@AmericaTogetherFoundation.com</a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Website: </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.UnitydayUSA.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <br />
<a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">www.AmericaTogetherFoundation.com</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Unity of Dallas, 6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We are pleased to invite you to the 8th Annual Unity Day USA; a purposeful event to come together as Americans and rededicate our pledge of one nation under God with liberty and justice for all. Over the years, Unity Day USA has become a symbol of unity among Americans.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On this Unity Day, we the people of the</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><country-region style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" w:st="on"><place w:st="on">United States of America<span class="apple-converted-space"></span></place></country-region><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and well being of our nation.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Our civic leaders including Mayors, Council members, State representatives, Senators, Congresspersons and other officials will honor us with their presence. Each Mayor at the event will give a one minute talk to share his/her thoughts about co-existence and promoting social cohesion in their respective cities. Additionally, our men and women in uniform including police and fire chiefs will be honored for their outstanding service to our nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaders from various faith communities will share a few words of wisdom from their respective scriptures, beliefs or oral traditions. Unity Day USA is about re-affirming our faith in the goodness in humanity, and the longing for harmony and co-existence. The traditions include but are not limited to American Native, Atheist, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Earth-traditions, Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Jewish, Pagan, Sikh, Wicca and Zoroastrians; it is an all inclusive event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea for Unity Day USA was first <a href="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html" style="color: #454b6a; text-decoration: none;">conceived</a> on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is an initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of <country-region w:st="on">America</country-region>.<br /><br />It is an experience to feel a sense of unity with fellow Americans that will bring a feeling of coming home to where we drop all of our identities and to be united together as an American family.<br /><br />As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. Our faiths reinforce the idea of one nation with liberty and justice for all.<br /><br />1. Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 11, 2012 between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM, and send a confirmation of your intent to attend with your names and address to:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: navy;"><a href="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com" style="color: #454b6a; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: navy;">confirmattendance@gmail.com</span></a></span><br /><br />2. For details, including pictures from the last seven years, please visit <span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/" style="color: #454b6a; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: navy;">http://www.unitydayusa.com/</span></a></span><br /><br />3. If you wish your civic, political or religious organization and place of worship to be listed as participating organization, please send the name and URL of your organizations to:<span style="color: navy;"><a href="mailto:unitydayusa@gmail.com" style="color: #454b6a; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: navy;">unitydayusa@gmail.com</span></a></span>, it will be listed on our website. We have had 90 organizations participate in our previous events.<br /><br />4. For details please visit www.Unitydayusa.com </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"><br />Unity Day USA is about coming together as Americans and expressing our innate desire to rededicate our pledge; one nation under god with liberty and justice for all.<br /><br />Unity Day USA is about coming together as Americans to appreciate, respect and honor the God given uniqueness to each one of the 297,018,658 of us.<br /><br />Unity Day USA is born to express that each one of the 297,018,658 of us, are part of the mosaic that America is, each one of us needs to remain connected with the other to make us one nation under God.<br /><br />Unity Day USA is born out of the great tragedy and enormous suffering that Tuesday, September 11, 2001 brought to all of us, and it is from this day forward, that we, the Muslims of America pledge to continue to foster healing and unity.<br /><br />We are blessed in this endeavor with the support from people of all faiths. On this Unity Day USA, the People of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture, and every background has accepted our invitation to join us in sharing the power of prayer for peace, healing, unity and security of our country.<br /><br />Our faith is deed based, and as with all silent majorities, we follow our faith and strive to be the best we can. For the overwhelming silent majority of Muslims, Islam is about doing good things for mankind. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) once explained, if you plant and nurture a tree, it will give fruit to all; that is charity. He told his associates to consider this as a good deed; doing things that will benefit the mankind. Indeed, this is the same message, every messenger of God in every faith has reiterated.<br /><br />American Muslim Forum is also born to represent the silent majority of Muslims, Every one is invited to become a member and participate in doing good things for the community at large. Insha Allah, as an organization, every good we do, we will do it for America and for every American. The information is available in the tab "about us" on this website and will soon be on the website www.AmericanMuslimForum.com<br /><br />As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. Our faith reinforces the creed of "One Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all."<br /><br />God bless the USA<br /><br />Mike Ghouse www.FoundationforPluralism.com | email: MikeGhouse@aol.com<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Dear Friends:<br /><br />America, has been a land of immigrants ever since the founding of the Republic. Though European in the beginning, in the last few decades, it has welcomed all, irrespective of color, ethnicity or religion, with the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty:<br /><br />"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door."<br /><br />As Muslims, Islam enjoins us to be just and truthful, in thought, words and deeds; as well as be respectful of other religions while practicing the tenets of Islam. As Americans we cherish the constitution and the bill of rights. America is our home and our children’s future.<br /><br />Democratic norms are embedded in Islamic heritage. Prophet Mohammad did not designate a successor. It was not an oversight. He willed us to choose according to our best lights. Historically rulers have bent the religion to suite the powerful. The only way for a peaceful religion to flourish is in a democratic setting, without coercion.<br /><br />Freedom is a yearning in all-human souls. The quest of centuries for equality and justice led to the realization, that the only guaranty of individual freedom is to guaranty freedom for all, within a constitutional framework. It culminated in the pluralistic American democracy.<br /><br />American Muslim Forum celebrates and promotes Muslim participation in the rich fabric of American democracy, a beacon for the world’s downtrodden yearning for freedom and self-government.<br /><br />Mirza A. Beg<br />Mab64@yahoo.com<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />This day is the true American spirit of acceptance and friendship.<br /><br />To me as a Jew, this day is also in the spirit of words from our Jewish prayer book: "Our God and God of our Ancestors, we ask your blessings for our country - for its government, for its leaders and advisors, and for all who exercise just and rightful authority. Grant them insights into your Teaching, that they may administer all affairs of state fairly, that peace and security, happiness and prosperity, justice and freedom may forever abide in our midst.<br /><br />Creator of all flesh, bless all the inhabitants of our country with Your spirit. May citizens of all races and creeds forge a common bond in true harmony, to banish hatred and bigotry, and to safeguard the ideals and free institutions that are the pride and glory of our country.<br /><br />May this land, under Your providence, be an influence for good throughout the world, uniting all people in peace and freedom - helping them to fulfill the vision of Your prophet: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they experience war any more" And let us say: Amen."<br /><br />Muriel Pinkus<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />What Unity Day means to me. As the world seems to spiral further into the abyss of violence and terrorism, the best way to counter this trend is for all people of good will to unite in a common desire to restore peace to the world. This can be done only if we as a people refuse to countenance a resort to violence except only for purposes of self-defense. Most, if not all, people of good will agree with this.<br /><br />The problems in the past have generally followed from the following. One group can see a threat from another group where no threat exists and each group has elements in it which do not operate from a basis of good will. As to the first problem, this can be corrected only by communication between the groups that will facilitate further understanding and acceptance, coupled within each group a willingness to be tolerant. As to the second, members of each group itself must do what they can to eliminate the unworthy influences in that particular group.<br />If members of one group take action against members of another group who do not exhibit good will, then that action is often mistaken as action against a group as a whole, leading to the involvement in violence of people who otherwise act in good will. Unity Day means that we must all hear what all beliefs teach in this regard, and I suspect they are much the same. So, let us hear, let us understand, and, most important, let us live what we believe.<br /><br /><br />Judge Bruce Woody<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Why unity day on sept.11, 2005? Why American Muslims should be initiating the observation of the day?<br /><br />It goes without saying that this was the day we 'felt unequivocally united' with our beloved country, the United States of America. We felt the impact of it in our hearts and minds. The sudden pain, similar to that of Pearl Harbor, united all Americans. It also signaled the world as we knew it, changed in many aspects very dramatically.<br /><br />The newly Americanized immigrants from all ethnic backgrounds, had been equally jolted in their hearts and minds. More so with the hearts and minds of Muslim immigrants who had whole heartedly adopted this country as their own. The feeling of belonging became intense, when those who caused the calamity were bearing Muslim names. The evil in their minds had to be exposed and fought against rigorously.<br /><br />Muslims in particular and ethnic immigrants in general felt the strong need to unite against this evil, which had annihilated thousands of innocent lives. This goes against deep rooted conviction instilled in our hearts by the very tenets of our faith which guides our lives; that killing one human being is like killing the whole of humanity. Specially the Muslim Americans had to rise up against this evil with a strong conviction that we must take initiative to unite with all the people of United States. to stand up solidly behind our president and resolutely do everything to nip the evil in the bud once and for all.<br /><br />Badruddin Kabani, Carrollton,<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />I am very glad that members of the American Muslim community have come together to organize this multi-cultural, interfaith event. The truth is that a lot of people have been asking where are the Muslim voices that speak out against terrorism, and that speak out as Americans. The idea of bringing together people from all faiths and cultures, finding common ground in our humanity, is a wonderful step in that direction. In my college fraternity I had to memorize a poem that has had a continuing influence on my life. I've pasted it at the bottom of this message. I think you'll see why.<br /><br />Thank you for the invitation to participate.<br /><br />Mazel tov. Bernie Congregation Beth Torah<br /><br />The Bridge Builder An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim; The sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned, when safe on the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide. "Old man," said a fellow pilgrim, near, "You are wasting strength with building here; Your journey will end with the ending day; You never again must pass this way; You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide- Why build you a bridge at the eventide?" The builder lifted his old gray head: "Good friend, in the path I have come," he said, "There followeth after me today, A youth, whose feet must pass this way. This chasm, that has been naught to me, To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building the bridge for him."<br /><br />Bernie Mayoff, Richardson<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />American Muslim forum (amf) is representative of silent Muslim majority that is peace loving, law-abiding and as American as apple pie. Our slogan is bringing communities together<br /><br />Our mission is to actively participate in all spheres of American life and positively contribute towards peace, prosperity and security of our nation.<br /><br />Our guiding principal is to uphold, protect and defend values enshrined in our constitution while practicing our religion that reinforces the creed of one nation under god, with liberty and justice for all<br /><br />Unity day September 11 2005:<br /><br />May I take this opportunity to first express our heartfelt sympathies for the victims of hurricane Katrina. Our hearts goes out to all the people affected by this natural calamity.<br /><br />9/11/2001 was another calamity<br /><br />That struck our nation caused by misguided individual Muslims. These criminals didn't represent Islam and we condemn this and all acts of terrorism conducted by anyone in the name of Islam without equivocations or any reservations.<br /><br />Nevertheless their despicable and heinous act succeeded in creating distrust of American Muslims in the eyes of our fellow Americans, and thus a sense of us vs. them, a blow to our very welcoming and open society.<br /><br />American Muslims ever since 9/11 have tried to do their part to dispel this distrust. One common denominator among people of faith, which is true for most Americans, is belief in the power of prayer and reliance on their faith to overcome any number of hurdles in this life. This is the thinking behind organizing unity day by north American Muslims.<br /><br />We will have as many faith based organizations as possible to participate in interfaith prayers to keep our nation united where liberty and justice for all remains the supreme value for all times to come<br /><br />God bless America.<br /><br />Dr. Mohammad Khalid</span></div>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-35344203518978288062012-07-10T05:59:00.000-07:002012-07-13T08:14:42.602-07:009/11 UNITY DAY USA COMMEMORATION<br />
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Unity Day USA; a purposeful event to for Americans to come together. Over the
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every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our
commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and well being of our nation.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Our civic leaders including Mayors, Council members, State representatives,
Senators, Congresspersons and other officials will honor us with their
presence. Each Mayor at the event will give a one minute talk to share his/her
thoughts about co-existence and promoting social cohesion in their respective
cities. Additionally, our men and women in uniform including police and fire
chiefs will be honored for their outstanding service to our nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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various faith communities will share a few words of wisdom from their
respective scriptures, beliefs or oral traditions. Unity Day USA is about re-affirming
our faith in the goodness in humanity, and the longing for harmony and
co-existence. The traditions include but are not limited to American Native,
Atheist, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Earth-traditions, Hindu, Muslim, Jain,
Jewish, Pagan, Sikh, Wicca and Zoroastrians; it is an all inclusive
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea for
Unity Day USA was first <a href="http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html">conceived</a> on
Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11,
2005. It is an initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security
and cohesiveness of <country-region w:st="on">America</country-region>.<br />
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It is an experience to feel a sense of unity with fellow Americans that will
bring a feeling of coming home to where we drop all of our identities and to be
united together as an American family.<br />
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As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in
our constitution. Our faiths reinforce the idea of one nation with liberty and
justice for all.<br />
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1. Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 11, 2012 between 11:30 AM
and 1:30 PM, and send a confirmation of your intent to attend with your names and address to:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: navy;"><a href="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com"><span style="color: navy;">confirmattendance@gmail.com</span></a></span><br />
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3. If you wish your civic, political or religious organization and place of worship to be listed as
participating organization, please send the name and URL of your organizations
to:<span style="color: navy;"><a href="mailto:unitydayusa@gmail.com"><span style="color: navy;">unitydayusa@gmail.com</span></a></span>, it will be
listed on our website. We have had 90 organizations participate in our previous
events.<br /><br />4. For details please visit www.Unitydayusa.com </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On that tragic day, September 11, 2001, I was on the
Radio addressing the public in Dallas and making
sense out of the chaotic incoherence of the day. I
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The Blood centers had to close down due to the
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The fog was clearing up; Osama bin Laden was the bad
guy and we have to go get him to serve justice;
Muslims had nothing to do with Osama, nor did they
authorize that terrorist; and a declaration of war
against Osama. </span></div>
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The Spiritual leaders from all faiths and traditions
were called in to pray and share their wisdom for
this moment. They were from the traditions of
Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islam, Jain,
Jewish, Sikh and Zoroastrian. Area City Mayors,
community and business leaders joined in an effort
to bring a sense of direction.</span></div>
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The sense of Unity that emerged on the Radio, the
multi-faith prayers that were arranged instantly was
a relief in that chaotic disharmony. I made a
commitment to dedicate this day and unite people on
the day every year. </span></div>
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For the First four years I did the radio show
talking about the effect of 9/11 on society, economy
and refreshing and galvanizing the interfaith
movement. </span></div>
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September 11, 2001 - 8 Hours of Radio Played
leadership role in Dallas on the day of
September 1. 2001 </span></div>
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September 11, 2002 - 8 Hours of Radio Talk Show
- Bring the experts from all over the United
States to talk about the impact the event had in
every sphere of life. </span></div>
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September 11, 2003 - 4 Hours of Radio Talk Show
- Bring out the experts in to share the impact
of the event on Politics, history, world
relations, multi-faith relations and the
economy. </span></div>
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September 11, 2004 - 4 Hours of Radio Talk Show
- I do plan to bring the experts to share the
impact of this event on elections, world
relations and much more. </span></div>
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September 11, 2005 – Birth of the Unity Day USA - 14
faiths were represented at the event with 650+
individuals in attendance, 8 Mayors, FBI Chiefs and
DOJ attended the event and the Fire and Police
Chiefs were honored. The civic Officials proclaimed
it as UnityDay USA. It was well covered by the
media. </span></div>
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It was my love for my country to make this day a
national day, and the Muslims wanted to do this and
hence it is an initiative of Muslims, <i>I want my
fellow Americans to know that Muslims are committed
for the well being, peace, prosperity and unity of
America. </i></span></div>
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To make our homeland a safe, secure, peaceful and a
prosperous place we have to relentlessly pursue it.
The work has to be done by you and I, and not look
for some one else to do this for us; the American
way. One of the many things we can do is to have a
face to face with people of different faiths,
ethnicities, races and other uniqueness', let’s
build a threshold of acceptance for others and start
dropping our phobias. </span></div>
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We gathered here to express that each one of the 301
Million of us Americans are united together to stand
up for the safety, security, peace and cohesiveness
of America</span></div>
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We are a part of the mosaic and each one of us needs
to remain connected with the other to make us one
people and one nation under God’s protection. It is
an initiative of American Muslims to add their
positive contribution to America in uniting the
people on the day of disharmony.</span></div>
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We the people of the United States of America of
every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background
are here today, to express our desire to co-exist
in peace, and pray for the unity, safety and well
being of our nation.</span></div>
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The Civic Leaders included Mayors from ten cities,
and the FBI, police and Fire Chiefs.</span></div>
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Faith Leadership - Each faith tradition shared a
line of wisdom from their tradition. Unity Day USA
is about re-affirming our faith in the goodness in
humans, and the longing for harmony and
co-existence. Faiths included Baha’i, Buddhist,
Christian, Earth Based Tradition, Hindu, Muslim,
Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Wicca and Zoroastrian faiths.</span></div>
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The purpose of Unity day was and continues to bring
together Americans of all hues and rededicated our
pledge for the peace, prosperity and unity of our
nation. </span></div>
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PLEDGE OF PEACE </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will speak up when there is injustice.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will speak up when truth is not spoken.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will do my best to make my words and my
actions to mitigate conflicts.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will do my best to do my share in
nurturing goodwill for the benefit of all.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will do my share of peace work, without
looking for others to do their share.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will do my best to accept and respect the
God given uniqueness of each individual.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will do my best to live and let others
live their way.</span></li>
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I am committed to Unity day USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Since September 11, 2001, many stories have been told and experiences shared, but here is one story among many that, I hope my fellow Americans who are afraid of everything and every one, and believe in conspiracies ought to hear. <br /><br />I hope this piece prompts you to think of the difficult interfaith moments you have witnessed. It is the story of the day and few events related to the 9/11 interfaith encounters we have held over the years. This is a long story and I hope it offers insights into what it takes to build a cohesive America, a free America where no one has to live in apprehensions. Yes, we can do it. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This is also the story of the birth of Unity Day USA, a day to bring Americans Together. The idea for Unity Day USA was first <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/UnitydayUSA_conceived.asp"><span style="color: windowtext;">conceived</span></a> on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is an initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">America</place></country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On this Unity Day, we the people of the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">United States of America</place></country-region> of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and well being of our nation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><br />
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Our civic leaders including Mayors, Council members, State representatives, Senators, Congresspersons and other officials will honor us with their presence. Each Mayor at the event will give a one minute speech to share his/her thoughts about co-existence and promoting social cohesion in their respective cities. Additionally, our men and women in uniform including police and fire chiefs will be honored for their outstanding service to our nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It is an experience to feel a sense of unity with fellow Americans that will bring a feeling of coming home to where we drop all of our identities and to be united together as an American family.<br />
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As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. Our faiths reinforce the idea of one nation with liberty and justice for all. <br /><br />As a Muslim, I am deeply committed to America, the land of the brave and the free with liberty and justice for all. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dallas, Texas. About 10:00 in the Morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was called in by AM Radio 1150 to address the situation; and 950 AM also joined in to simulcast the program. The great tragedy had left every one speechless and had frozen everyone from doing anything. I was shaking but was committed to make sense out of the chaos and bring coherence to the day, and pave the way for relevant action.<br />
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I was on the air for 7 hours straight, standing on my feet and getting just about every community, religious, civic and business leader and the general public on the air to talk about the situation. Many of them read prepared statements, and one by one they condemned the attack. I did not even get to eat or take a break. The calls were pouring in and I was completely absorbed in the situation.<br />
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Among many who jumped on the idea to hold interfaith prayers were Mr. Joel Brooks of American Jewish Congress, Ms. Vinoda Kumar of the DFW Hindu Temple, Mr. Mohammad Suleman of the Islamic Center of Dallas, Mr. Poras Balsara of the Zoroastrian community and someone from the Baha’i Temple, the list was endless. Mr. Taiyab Kundawala of India Association announced the prayer vigil at the association and the fund raising was set up the very next evening. Mr. Mansoor Shah of Pakistan Society was there to do anything that needed to be done. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mago of the Indian Chamber of Commerce also joined in on the Radio. I apologize to many friends, whose name have gone blank on me. I would appreciate if you could share them. This will go as a chapter in my upcoming book on Pluralism.<br />
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While this was going on, my late wife Najma called in to announce about the blood drive and sure enough, hundreds of people were lining up at Wadley Blood center. She drove to the facility and the folks told her that the lines were too long and asked us to hold off the announcements till the next day. I wish I could get hold of the CNN tapes from the next day where they interviewed Muhammad Suleman and me for over 10 minutes each at the Radio Station we were hanging out. Our friends and my late wife said that every word I said on the TV was just the right word, what a relief.<br />
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9/11 is one of the most significant days of my life. A major change occurred in my life around that time. I was an Atheist for a long time, not a belligerent one but the pluralist kind, and for the first time in about 30 years I chose to be a Muslim in Public Sphere. Thanks to my father for inculcating the values of Pluralism in my initial set up. <br />
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In the random readings of holy books that I continue to do, I came across a verse in Bhagvad Gita, “finding the truth is one’s own responsibility”. The timing was perfect as Islam was being attacked; the verse inspired me to go find the truth.<br />
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Karen Armstrong’s book on Muhammad had made a huge impact on me. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was a divine, distant and a mystical figure to me. That book made me look to him as another human with whose life and decisions I could relate with. He was bent on building cohesive societies and just about every one of his actions was grounded in a singular theme; mitigating conflicts and nurturing goodwil so all can live in relative harmony.<br />
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I made it my business to hone on the verses in Quraan that had driven me away from Islam. I had made several attempts and each time I did not like the translations I read. The verse, “finding the truth is one’s own responsibility” did not allow me gulp down what was apparent about Quraan. Over the years of searching, I discovered that Quraan was deliberately mistranslated by politicians who wore the label of Christian as well as Muslim. Steve Blow in Dallas Morning News put my thoughts in the words that I cherish, "In the Middle Ages, European leaders commissioned a hostile Quran translation to foster warfare against Muslim invaders. Later, Muslim leaders produced another translation to inflame Muslims against Christians and Jews." Relax, the first translation is not in circulation but is used by the rightwing Christian and Jews to support their tirade, the second dangerous translation is by Hilali khan, unfortunately it is there and Muslims are now aware of it. However there are over two dozen translations which are OK to alright. The best among available one's is by Muhammad Asad and we need a new translation which the average person can relate with and reflects the universality of God. More about this at: http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-jews-christians-and-muslims-better.html. <br />
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That was my background in relating the story of 9/11. <br />
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As the community was fully involved on the air with me, the Interfaith-faith prayers, blood donation and fundraising for the men and women in uniform were all in place by evening. The fog was clearing up, Osama bin Laden was the bad guy and Muslim-Americans had nothing to do with his actions, nor did they authorize him to terrorize any one. Indeed, he placed a wedge between Americans that still needs to be undone.<br />
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Atheists, Baha'i, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Jews, Native Americans, Pagans, Sikhs, Wicca and Zoroastrians along with area city mayors, FBI, police and fire chiefs and community leaders graced the first interfaith event in Frisco. Out of which a new tradition evolved called Unity Day. It continues year after year.<br />
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A few of us formed a team from different religions and went from place of worship to place of worship and shared the prayers or gave a small talk about the respective religion. That’s where we build the relationship of trust between us for me to read the Jewish Prayers when Joel Brooks was not available, recite the Zoroastrian Prayer for Poras Balsara, Jain prayers for Pradeep Shah or Hindu Prayers for the Hindu community and of course, I represented Ben Moghaddas of Baha’i faith and was always a substitute for the Muslim community. There never was a shortage of Christians, Muslims and Sikhs in interfaith activity at that time. However, it has dwindled down now. Muslims are not participating as much, and at many places I am the only Muslim participating in smaller interfaith events. They go to the big ones though.<br />
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One of the biggest walls between Hindus and Muslims was dissolved that week. President of The Dallas Islamic Center, Muhammad Suleman asked me to pull the religious groups for the interfaith prayers and I was pleased to include Hindu prayers. Vijayshree Venkatraman came and chanted the Om Shanti Mantra amidst all other prayers. Perhaps it was the first time Hindu prayers were recited in a Mosque complex. I am sure it is done in India, but it was a new experience for Muslims in Dallas.<br />
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If there was one gratifying moment in my interfaith life, that would be one. The other ones are chanting the Jainism’s Navakar Mantra at the Maya Temple in Mexico, Hindu prayers in the Snotes at the Mayan Temples, getting Baptized in the name of God at the place in Jordan River where Jesus was Baptized and dancing with the Pagans in Melbourne and spending time with the Native Australians.<br />
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In 1993, I published the first issue of Asian News Magazine which was co-edited by Abraham Thomas. A new standard was set in bringing the communities of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka together. The highlight of the paper was extensive calendar and write ups on the essence of every possible festival that took place in Dallas. Then in July of 1996, AM Radio 1150 approached me to begin the Radio Service for the communities, indeed it was the first Talk Show Radio for the community which paved the way to full time Radio services. These two items highlight the pluralism work that was going on. Every Saturday on the air, we had a segment called Festivals of Asia which was upgraded to Festivals of the World where we shared the essence of every religious festival; we had religious leaders from Aztec to Zoroastrians and every one in between sharing the essence of their festivals on the air.<br />
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The idea for Unity Day USA was first conceived on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is a Muslim initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of America, my initial team included Lee Holcomb of UT Dallas and other volunteers and women members from the Plano Mosque who handled wonderful refreshments. <br />
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During planning session of the event, I was opposed by a few to hold prayers from all religious groups in an alphabetical sequence. They preferred that Muslim Prayers be done at first and others to follow, someone did not want Islam to be in the Middle of Hinduism and Jainism. Even the idea of the Abrahamic faiths first and others following it was floated. I was not in favor of it as I have always believed in equality of all humans and by corollary all religions, we dug in our heels. <br />
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Before it got messy, I called Imam Dr. Yusuf Zia Kavakci and asked his guidance on it and I was praying for wisdom from him and was willing to walk away from the event if there was a preferential treatment to any group. He thought it over and said, Islamically I was on the right tract to treat everyone on equal footing, however he said, if you want to be political, you choose. I asked him if I could put those words in an email and send to the group, and that was the end of the conflict, what a relief! This Imam is a blessing to our town, indeed I have written a few more of the interfaith moments between us.<br />
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The prayers were indeed led by 13 groups of religious leaders. Regina Rafraf led the Baha’i prayers, Ben Boothe led the Buddhist prayers; Christian prayers were led by the late Baptist Minister Roy Harrell with a team of clergy from Presbyterian, Methodist, Unitarian, Catholic and other denominations; Swami Nityananda Prabhu led the Hindu group representing 7 different Hindu Temple; Islamic prayers were led by Imam Dr. Yusuf Zia Kavakci with Shia, Bohra, Ismaili, Sufi, Warith Deen Muhammad, Sunni and other Muslim traditions, Pradeep Shah led the Jain prayers, Rabbi Haas led the Jewish prayers, the Sikh prayers were led by Bhai Harinder Singh and Ramneek Singh, Wicca prayers were led by Brian Langford and the Zoroastrian Prayers were lead by Poras Balsara. In the later years Native Americans, Pagans, Earth based Traditions, Atheists and others have joined in, no one is excluded, however a few continue to malign us and refuse to join standing shoulder to shoulder with people of different faiths. <br />
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FBI Chief Danny Deffenbaugh, Mayors or Mayors pro-tem and Police chiefs of Plano, Frisco, Richardson, Dallas, Garland, Carrollton, Addison and representatives of congress woman Eddie Bernice Johnson and State Representative Florence Shapiro were all on the stage. Among the civic leaders were Dean Hobson of the UT Dallas among others.<br />
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My conversation with Maria Arita of Fox news was interesting. She wanted to know if it was difficult to pull these various groups together. She could not resist the inherent bias and blurted out, was it the Moslems that were difficult? I said no and the answer will be in my upcoming book. It’s an amazing story of interfaith.<br />
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In the 3rd annual Unity Day event we discovered something beautiful about how we hold things inside. I have sincere relationships with my friends in different religious communities and they share whatever bothers them, usually is it about Muslims. Every one wants to genuinely find the truth and thanks to my friends from the Zoroastrian and Sikh Communities who held back the issue for two years. <br />
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Dr. Harbans Lal and Firdosh Mehta asked me to find out why Muslims walked out on them, when it was their turn to pray in the first Unity day? Remember the Alphabetical sequence? I thank Bhagvad Gita for instilling in me with “finding the truth is one’s own responsibility”… we dug up and found out that it was the prayer time for Muslims when the Sikhs and Zoroastrian got on the stage. I shared that story and told our friends attending the event that you have got to admire our Muslim brothers and sisters, when the time for prayer comes up, they drop everything as nothing else is a priority to them and Mayor Pat Evans appreciated the hint. If that time were during the speech of the Mayor, they would simply fulfill their duty to God and pray. Isn’t it amazing what was construed as dislike to hear the Sikh and Zoroastrian payers, was not? It was such a relief to our friends Dr. Lal and Mehta. <br />
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Gregory Gomez, the Apache American surprised everyone and continues to remain the talk of the town. When Gomez went on to the stage with our Hopi Chief Ambrose to cleanse the environment (Done with feathers, a native tradition and I have been cleansed a few times). The first words the Native American spoke thrilled the audience, it was ironic, unexpected and truthful, he said, “Welcome to my country”. The biggest appreciation came from Richardson Mayor, Gary Slagel without missing the beat.<br />
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A few more of the moments are at http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-jews-christians-and-muslims-better.html or in Dallas Morning News at: http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/09/texas-faith-do-jews-christians.html<br />
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God willing my upcoming book will share some of the most difficult and humorous interfaith moments.<br />
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Islam teaches one to be non-judgmental, and consistently encourages individuals to do good. It emphasizes about individual responsibility towards the peace and security of society at large. Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) described a good deed as an act which benefits others whom you don't even know, such as planting a tree that serves generations of wayfarers with fruit and the shade. The world is a better place today because of a good legacy bequeathed to humanity by people of all faiths that came before us. We owe it to coming generations to leave the world a little better than we found to usher an era of justice and peace. Indeed, this is the same message, every messenger of God in every faith or a peace maker or a wise men and women have reiterated.<br />
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</span><span lang="0" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Mike Ghouse is a <a href="http://www.professionalspeakermikeghouse.com/">speaker</a>, thinker and a
<a href="http://theghousediary.com/">writer</a> on <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/">pluralism</a></span><span lang="0" style="color: #003366; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">,<a href="http://republicanmoderates.blogspot.com/"> politics</a>, peace, <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/">Islam</a>, <a href="http://israel-palestine-dialogue.blogspot.com/">Israel</a>, <a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/">India</a>, <a href="http://pluralismcenter.blogspot.com/">interfaith</a>, and cohesion at work
place. He is committed to building a <a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">Cohesive America</a> and offers
pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at <a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/">www.TheGhousediary.com</a>. He believes in
<a href="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/">Standing up for others</a>
and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on
national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on <a href="http://www.hannity.com/guest/ghouse-mike/10804">Sean Hannity show</a> on
Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to
the Texas Faith Column at <a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas
Morning News</a>; fortnightly at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse">Huffington post;</a> and
several other periodicals across the world. His personal site <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">www.MikeGhouse.net</a> indexes all his work
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-1666737043233025772011-09-07T13:56:00.001-07:002011-09-07T13:56:59.944-07:009/11 MEMORIAL UNITY DAY AT UNITY CHURCH<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3925500292714567697"> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-171415024133842139"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0edIoBQxorWOvo3WN0uNpWlSUzjya_lMtTTXohkSNJycYxnP85iw2AyAAg3pf3orav_ti2XS5_9YuKHddqEiJNy2jy0HFFcJHS4cZG5octH0EM-BVzvS_zQTU3NNx6woz-ZzhV0CjF9MH/s1600/911Special.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0edIoBQxorWOvo3WN0uNpWlSUzjya_lMtTTXohkSNJycYxnP85iw2AyAAg3pf3orav_ti2XS5_9YuKHddqEiJNy2jy0HFFcJHS4cZG5octH0EM-BVzvS_zQTU3NNx6woz-ZzhV0CjF9MH/s200/911Special.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">Invitation to 7th Annual</span></b></em><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">Unity <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">church</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Dallas</placename></place>, </span><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><span style="color: navy;">www.UnitydayUSA.com</span></a></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <address w:st="on"><street w:st="on">6525 Forest Lane</street>, <city w:st="on">Dallas</city>, <state w:st="on">TX</state> <postalcode w:st="on">75230</postalcode></address></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">We are pleased to invite you to the 7th Annual Unity Day USA; a purposeful event to bring Americans together. This is the 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of 9/11, from this day forward we hope to effect the change to make this UNITY DAY <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">USA</place></country-region> become a symbol of unity among Americans. </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">The idea for Unity Day USA was first <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/UnitydayUSA_conceived.asp"><span style="color: black;">conceived</span></a> on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is an initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">America</place></country-region>.</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2U01jNZTvv_KFIKspCB3drFdRe-QpRE1Mlc4G89mG6z5q9UTa8uhBqJ8BGpTF4rataIVumytwM1gG0Q8pnF0Ua33u_EKqyuBCa6iRotir0SCK7lMRNOWCS2j9_cmQcYew3bv66kxow0Q/s1600/UnityDayUSA-SQ-IMAGE-2010.jpg"></a>On this Unity Day, we the people of the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">United States of America</place></country-region> of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and well being of our nation. (<em><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Scroll down for the list</span></em>)<br />
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Our civic leaders including Mayors, Council members, State representatives, Senators, Congresspersons and other officials will honor us with their presence. Each Mayor at the event will give a one minute speech to share his/her thoughts about co-existence and promoting social cohesion in their respective cities. Additionally, our men and women in uniform including police and fire chiefs will be honored for their outstanding service to our nation.</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ELt1EaO0gUT4xbeaO7CSIdS0rVVqz6jDFCPEe5wUEnfXP_2piXwceFGcwqjSqEebLt5pV7z0nE0s0YFy1uXYkM7S_6Jfco5BS7GYSy2eGWWRExekVlXqRFsPXqa7hyphenhyphen1DJa2epLqpYwDX/s1600/UnitydayUSA-09012010.jpg"></a>Leaders from various faith communities will share a few words of wisdom from their respective scriptures, beliefs or oral traditions. Unity Day USA is about re-affirming our faith in the goodness in humanity, and the longing for harmony and co-existence. The traditions include but are not limited to Native American, Atheist, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Earth-traditions, Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Wicca and Zoroastrians; thus it is an all inclusive event.<br />
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It is an experience to feel a sense of unity with fellow Americans that will bring a feeling of coming home to where we drop all of our identities and to be united together as an American family.<br />
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As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. Our faiths reinforce the idea of one nation with liberty and justice for all.<br />
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1. Please mark your calendar for Sunday, September 11, 2011 between 5:00 PM and 7:30 PM, and send a confirmation of your intent to attend with your names to: </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com"><u><span style="color: navy;">confirmattendance@gmail.com</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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2. For details, including pictures from the last five years, please visit </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><u><span style="color: navy;">http://www.unitydayusa.com/</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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3. If you wish your organization and place of worship to be listed as participating organization, please send the name and URL of your organizations to: </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="mailto:unitydayusa@gmail.com"><u><span style="color: navy;">unitydayusa@gmail.com</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">, it will be listed on our website. We have had 90 organizations participate in our previous events. </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
Mike Ghouse<br />
(214) 325-1916</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeghouse/sets/72157624431182967/show/"><span style="color: black;">2009</span></a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeghouse/sets/72157624429890947/"><span style="color: black;">2008</span></a>, <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/MikeGhouse/UnityDayUSA2006_Album02"><span style="color: black;">2006</span></a>, <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/MikeGhouse/UnityDayUSA_2005"><span style="color: black;">2005</span></a> <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/Images_UnityDay/UnityDay_PastOrganizations.asp"><span style="color: black;">Participating Organizations</span></a> </span></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-73948051258876040192011-09-07T13:19:00.000-07:002011-09-07T13:19:43.033-07:00Do Jews, Christians and Muslims better understand each other since 9/11?<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4664885385192404719"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jo8GXs5PLKwzOBsWs3QDUjtGyOvKuQBi6HFUTQQMQFZ-FCpYzWcdlowi0hmwtoSrEKcQ7Zq7uxJpVw0x2g-_UzP3Kl-bWPQFNZZlwvw9Ib6XiNfwmuhfug3plBnd_7RsKShMcBQ-yLnc/s1600/Jews%252C+Christians+and+Muslims.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jo8GXs5PLKwzOBsWs3QDUjtGyOvKuQBi6HFUTQQMQFZ-FCpYzWcdlowi0hmwtoSrEKcQ7Zq7uxJpVw0x2g-_UzP3Kl-bWPQFNZZlwvw9Ib6XiNfwmuhfug3plBnd_7RsKShMcBQ-yLnc/s200/Jews%252C+Christians+and+Muslims.png" width="190" /></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TEXAS FAITH: Do Jews, Christians and Muslims better understand each other since 9/11? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div><div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Abstract: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jews need sincerity and not duplicity. Native Americans need an apology and there is a good amount of phobia embedded in Hindus about conversions. We believe in Jesus as a Prophet and not as a son of God. Unless we deal with tough issues about our differences, we will continue to fake being nice to each other and brood with ill-will within. There is indeed improved understanding among faiths since 9/11. But there also is deepening suspicion among them. One is spiritually motivated and the other is political. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please note, most of my writings are inclusive of all theist and atheists traditions, we all inhabit the earth and we need to figure how best to co-exist cohesively.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Since September 11, 2001, many conversations have taken place among Muslims, Jews and Christians. There are official interfaith conversations occurring all over the globe, where participants dig into each other's texts. And numerous personal dialogues have been established over the last decade. Many of us have learned more about the three Abrahamic faiths since September 11, 2001 than perhaps we knew before that day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But here's this week's question, which is simple in its wording but not necessarily simple to answer: <em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Do followers of the three Abrahamic faiths really understand each other better since 9/11? </span></em><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eight Texas Faith Panelists including Mike Ghouse weighs in at: <a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/09/texas-faith-do-jews-christians.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/09/texas-faith-do-jews-christians.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">MIKE GHOUSE, President, Foundation for Pluralism, Dallas</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">There is indeed improved understanding among faiths since 9/11. But there also is deepening suspicion among them. One is spiritually motivated and the other is political. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We were better off when we knew very little about each other. But as we faced the hostage crisis in 1979, the evangelical foray into politics, the Baptist convention on harvesting poor souls and finally 9/11, religion moved on to center stage. It will get better when we know more about each other. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On September 11, 2001, I was on the radio in Dallas attempting to make sense out of the chaos of the day and pave the way for relevant actions. Interfaith-faith prayers, blood donation and fundraising for the men and women in uniform were all in place by evening. The fog was clearing up. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nB_c5qHlj0"><span style="color: blue;">Osama bin Laden</span></a> was the bad guy and Muslim-Americans had nothing to do with his actions, nor did they authorize him to terrorize any one. Indeed, he placed a wedge between Americans that still needs to be undone.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Atheists, Baha'i, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Jews, Native Americans, Pagans, Sikhs, Wicca and Zoroastrians along with area city mayors, FBI, police and fire chiefs and community leaders graced the first interfaith event in Frisco. Out of which a new tradition evolved called Unity Day. It continues year after year.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But while we are trying to know more about each other, more needs to be done. Here are a few examples; <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">* Mosques in Dallas/ Fort Worth area opened their doors right after the 9/11 incident. As Christians walked in, they were naively welcomed by yet-to-be trained volunteers who said, "We believe in Jesus as a Prophet and not as a son of God." However, the volunteers were trained to welcome without conflict the very next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Of course, back in the 8th Century, a Syrian bishop had declared that Islam was a false religion. That declaration has remained in the psyche of a few Christians forever. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Pastor Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Church of Dallas reiterated the statement and added, "Quran is a false book written by a false prophet." He was asked to prove it but failed. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">There are several verses in Quraan that are mistranslated for political gains. Steve Blow in <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/steve-blow/20100919-In-defense-of-Islam-pursuing-9397.ece"><span style="color: blue;">Dallas Morning News</span></a> quoted me, "In the Middle Ages, European leaders commissioned a hostile Quran translation to foster warfare against Muslim invaders. Later, Muslim leaders produced another translation to inflame Muslims against Christians and Jews." <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">One such difficult passage is "Kill the infidels wherever you find them." <a href="http://quraan-today.blogspot.com/2010/12/difficult-passages-in-quraan.html"><span style="color: blue;">Ten such propaganda verses</span></a> were read to separate the myths from reality. They were not read by Muslim clergy, but by Baptist, Mormon, Protestant, Catholic, Unitarian, Methodist, New Age, Unificationists, Sikhs, Hindu and others at the Quraan Conference<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">*Shamelessly, anti-Semitism continues to operate under the radar. The anti-circumcision bills in San Francisco and Santa Monica were irksome to some, but frightening to others. Indeed, there are still a few Christians out there who cannot shake off what Fred Phelps was demonstrating with reckless posters such as "Christ Killers." <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Judeo-Christian phrase was thrown around in the 40's to build relationships between Jews and Christians. A whole industry of opportunists was born from it. The support for Jews by Billy Graham, Richard Nixon, Pat Robertson, John Hagee, Glenn Beck and other chest thumpers have ulterior motives. They want to cash in on the name of Israel and perhaps convert them. Jews need sincerity and not duplicity to feel genuinely secure.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">*Native Americans need an apology for the destruction of their religion and there is a good amount of phobia embedded in Hindus about conversions. Some of them feel that Governors Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal made it in politics because they converted to Christianity. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">*The spiritual balance in the community needs to be restored through observing and following the Golden Rule, which is treat others as you would like others to treat you. Although we have failed in the past, such as when the city of Plano rejected a permit to build a Hindu temple in the early 80's and Richardson did not permit a Muslim school to open there in the mid-1990s, we still have come a long way. Thank God, those are now history and the public in the metroplex welcomes diversity. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">* Interfaith meetings are still social gatherings. Leaders from smaller groups are invited as tokens rather than to genuinely get to know each other. Unless we deal with tough issues about differences, we will continue to fake being nice to each other and brood with ill-will within. There is plenty of room for honesty to grow and mature.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If we can learn to respect the otherness of other people and accept the God-given uniqueness of each one of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge. One of these days we will get there. Meanwhile, I am pleased to invite you to the 7th Annual 9/11 Memorial, the Unity Day USA on Sunday September 11 at 5:00 PM at the Unity Church of Dallas on Forest Lane. Details are at www.UnitydayUSA.com <o:p></o:p></span></div>----<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">References:<br />
Steve Blow – Dallas Morning News: <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/steve-blow/20100919-In-defense-of-Islam-pursuing-9397.ece" title="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/steve-blow/20100919-In-defense-of-Islam-pursuing-9397.ece"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/steve-blow/20100919-In-defense-of-Islam-pursuing-9397.ece</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>----<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">List of difficult passages: <a href="http://quraan-today.blogspot.com/2010/12/difficult-passages-in-quraan.html" title="http://quraan-today.blogspot.com/2010/12/difficult-passages-in-quraan.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://quraan-today.blogspot.com/2010/12/difficult-passages-in-quraan.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>----<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Quraan Conference program sequence: <a href="http://quraanconference.blogspot.com/2010/12/quraan-conference-program-sequence.html" title="http://quraanconference.blogspot.com/2010/12/quraan-conference-program-sequence.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://quraanconference.blogspot.com/2010/12/quraan-conference-program-sequence.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-----</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mike Ghouse is committed to building a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day to the media and the public. He is a speaker thinker and a writer on the topics of pluralism, cohesive societies, Politics, Islam, interfaith, India and Peace. Over a thousand articles have been published on the topics and two of his books are poised to be released on Pluralism and Islam. Mike's work is reflected in 4 website's and 27 Blogs indexed at <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.mikeghouse.net/</span></a> and you can find all of his current articles at <span style="color: blue;">www.TheGhousediary.com </span></span><span class="post-labels"></span></div><span class="post-location"></span></div>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-39255002927145676972011-09-06T14:14:00.000-07:002011-09-06T14:16:05.492-07:009/11 UNITY DAY IN DALLAS<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-171415024133842139"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0edIoBQxorWOvo3WN0uNpWlSUzjya_lMtTTXohkSNJycYxnP85iw2AyAAg3pf3orav_ti2XS5_9YuKHddqEiJNy2jy0HFFcJHS4cZG5octH0EM-BVzvS_zQTU3NNx6woz-ZzhV0CjF9MH/s1600/911Special.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0edIoBQxorWOvo3WN0uNpWlSUzjya_lMtTTXohkSNJycYxnP85iw2AyAAg3pf3orav_ti2XS5_9YuKHddqEiJNy2jy0HFFcJHS4cZG5octH0EM-BVzvS_zQTU3NNx6woz-ZzhV0CjF9MH/s200/911Special.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">Invitation to 7th Annual</span></b></em><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></i><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 18pt;">UNITY DAY <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="color: red;">USA</span></place></country-region> -2011</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">Unity <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">church</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Dallas</placename></place>, </span><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><span style="color: navy;">www.UnitydayUSA.com</span></a></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><address w:st="on"><street w:st="on">6525 Forest Lane</street>, <city w:st="on">Dallas</city>, <state w:st="on">TX</state> <postalcode w:st="on">75230</postalcode></address></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">We are pleased to invite you to the 7th Annual Unity Day USA; a purposeful event to bring Americans together. This is the 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of 9/11, from this day forward we hope to effect the change to make this UNITY DAY <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">USA</place></country-region> become a symbol of unity among Americans. </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">The idea for Unity Day USA was first <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/UnitydayUSA_conceived.asp"><span style="color: black;">conceived</span></a> on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is an initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">America</place></country-region>.</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2U01jNZTvv_KFIKspCB3drFdRe-QpRE1Mlc4G89mG6z5q9UTa8uhBqJ8BGpTF4rataIVumytwM1gG0Q8pnF0Ua33u_EKqyuBCa6iRotir0SCK7lMRNOWCS2j9_cmQcYew3bv66kxow0Q/s1600/UnityDayUSA-SQ-IMAGE-2010.jpg"></a>On this Unity Day, we the people of the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">United States of America</place></country-region> of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and well being of our nation. (<em><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Scroll down for the list</span></em>)<br />
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Our civic leaders including Mayors, Council members, State representatives, Senators, Congresspersons and other officials will honor us with their presence. Each Mayor at the event will give a one minute speech to share his/her thoughts about co-existence and promoting social cohesion in their respective cities. Additionally, our men and women in uniform including police and fire chiefs will be honored for their outstanding service to our nation.</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ELt1EaO0gUT4xbeaO7CSIdS0rVVqz6jDFCPEe5wUEnfXP_2piXwceFGcwqjSqEebLt5pV7z0nE0s0YFy1uXYkM7S_6Jfco5BS7GYSy2eGWWRExekVlXqRFsPXqa7hyphenhyphen1DJa2epLqpYwDX/s1600/UnitydayUSA-09012010.jpg"></a>Leaders from various faith communities will share a few words of wisdom from their respective scriptures, beliefs or oral traditions. Unity Day USA is about re-affirming our faith in the goodness in humanity, and the longing for harmony and co-existence. The traditions include but are not limited to Native American, Atheist, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Earth-traditions, Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Wicca and Zoroastrians; thus it is an all inclusive event.<br />
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It is an experience to feel a sense of unity with fellow Americans that will bring a feeling of coming home to where we drop all of our identities and to be united together as an American family.<br />
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As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. Our faiths reinforce the idea of one nation with liberty and justice for all.<br />
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1. Please mark your calendar for Sunday, September 11, 2011 between 5:00 PM and 7:30 PM, and send a confirmation of your intent to attend with your names to: </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com"><u><span style="color: navy;">confirmattendance@gmail.com</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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2. For details, including pictures from the last five years, please visit </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><u><span style="color: navy;">http://www.unitydayusa.com/</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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3. If you wish your organization and place of worship to be listed as participating organization, please send the name and URL of your organizations to: </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="mailto:unitydayusa@gmail.com"><u><span style="color: navy;">unitydayusa@gmail.com</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;">, it will be listed on our website. We have had 90 organizations participate in our previous events. </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
Mike Ghouse<br />
(214) 325-1916</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeghouse/sets/72157624431182967/show/"><span style="color: black;">2009</span></a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeghouse/sets/72157624429890947/"><span style="color: black;">2008</span></a>, <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/MikeGhouse/UnityDayUSA2006_Album02"><span style="color: black;">2006</span></a>, <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/MikeGhouse/UnityDayUSA_2005"><span style="color: black;">2005</span></a> <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/Images_UnityDay/UnityDay_PastOrganizations.asp"><span style="color: black;">Participating Organizations</span></a> </span></div></div>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-46201149301079854942011-09-06T14:06:00.000-07:002011-09-06T14:06:51.137-07:009/11 Event in Dallas<span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">INIVITATION TO 9/11 EVENT ON SUNDAY<br />
</span></span><span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am pleased to invite you to the 7th Annual 9/11 Memorial, the Unity Day USA at 5:00 PM on Sunday Sep 11 at the Unity Church of Dallas on Forest Lane. Details are at </span><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #00169f;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.UnitydayUSA.com</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">. Kindly rsvp to </span><a href="mailto:Unitydayusa@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #00169f;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unitydayusa@gmail.com</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Thank you</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span><br />
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Americans Together building a cohesive America<br />
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<em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;">Invitation to 7th Annual</span></b></em><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;">We are pleased to invite you to the 7th Annual Unity Day USA; a purposeful event to bring Americans together. This is the 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of 9/11, from this day forward we hope to effect the change to make this UNITY DAY <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">USA</place></country-region> become a symbol of unity among Americans. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;">The idea for Unity Day USA was first <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/UnitydayUSA_conceived.asp"><span style="color: black;">conceived</span></a> on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is an initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">America</place></country-region>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2U01jNZTvv_KFIKspCB3drFdRe-QpRE1Mlc4G89mG6z5q9UTa8uhBqJ8BGpTF4rataIVumytwM1gG0Q8pnF0Ua33u_EKqyuBCa6iRotir0SCK7lMRNOWCS2j9_cmQcYew3bv66kxow0Q/s1600/UnityDayUSA-SQ-IMAGE-2010.jpg"></a>On this Unity Day, we the people of the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">United States of America</place></country-region> of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and well being of our nation. (<em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';">Scroll down for the list</span></em>)<br />
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Our civic leaders including Mayors, Council members, State representatives, Senators, Congresspersons and other officials will honor us with their presence. Each Mayor at the event will give a one minute speech to share his/her thoughts about co-existence and promoting social cohesion in their respective cities. Additionally, our men and women in uniform including police and fire chiefs will be honored for their outstanding service to our nation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ELt1EaO0gUT4xbeaO7CSIdS0rVVqz6jDFCPEe5wUEnfXP_2piXwceFGcwqjSqEebLt5pV7z0nE0s0YFy1uXYkM7S_6Jfco5BS7GYSy2eGWWRExekVlXqRFsPXqa7hyphenhyphen1DJa2epLqpYwDX/s1600/UnitydayUSA-09012010.jpg"></a>Leaders from various faith communities will share a few words of wisdom from their respective scriptures, beliefs or oral traditions. Unity Day USA is about re-affirming our faith in the goodness in humanity, and the longing for harmony and co-existence. The traditions include but are not limited to Native American, Atheist, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Earth-traditions, Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Wicca and Zoroastrians; thus it is an all inclusive event.<br />
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It is an experience to feel a sense of unity with fellow Americans that will bring a feeling of coming home to where we drop all of our identities and to be united together as an American family.<br />
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As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. Our faiths reinforce the idea of one nation with liberty and justice for all.<br />
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1. Please mark your calendar for Sunday, September 11, 2011 between 5:00 PM and 7:30 PM, and send a confirmation of your intent to attend with your names to: </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="mailto:confirmattendance@gmail.com"><u><span style="color: navy;">confirmattendance@gmail.com</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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2. For details, including pictures from the last five years, please visit </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.unitydayusa.com/"><u><span style="color: navy;">http://www.unitydayusa.com/</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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3. If you wish your organization and place of worship to be listed as participating organization, please send the name and URL of your organizations to: </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="mailto:unitydayusa@gmail.com"><u><span style="color: navy;">unitydayusa@gmail.com</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;">, it will be listed on our website. We have had 90 organizations participate in our previous events. </span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;">SUGGESTED LINKS:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
A few selected <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/Images_UnityDay/UnityDay_Past_Comments.asp"><u><span style="color: black;">comments</span></u></a> from the fist event.<br />
Civic Leaders and <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/Images_UnityDay/UnityDay_Past_HonoredGuests.asp"><u><span style="color: black;">Mayors</span></u></a> who attended<br />
Organizations (<a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/Images_UnityDay/UnityDay_PastOrganizations.asp"><span style="color: black;">90</span></a>) who have been a part of the event </span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';">STORY HIGHLIGHTS:</span></strong><a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/UnitydayUSA_2009_Highlights.asp"><span style="color: black;"> </span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/UnitydayUSA_2009_Highlights.asp"><span style="color: black;">2009</span></a>, <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/UnitydayUSA_2008_Highlights.asp"><span style="color: black;">2008</span></a> </span></div>
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Mike Ghouse<br />
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</ul>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750063225069490793.post-29831005789941172012011-05-02T18:26:00.000-07:002011-05-02T18:26:20.310-07:00Fox 4 News, North Texans react to Bin Ladens death<div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3049499676315060743"><span id="role_document" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span id="rolx_document" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">Imam Zia Shaikh and I are in the VIDEO Fox 4 News in Dallas at: <a href="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/050211-north-texans-react-to-bin-laden%E2%80%99s-death" title="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/050211-north-texans-react-to-bin-laden’s-death"><span style="color: #14716e;">http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/050211-north-texans-react-to-bin-laden%E2%80%99s-death</span></a></span></span><br />
<div><div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><div class="fontStyle51"> </div><div class="fontStyle51">We had a similar take on the issue, but Fox chose to show two different takes. That is their choice, that is not all the things I have said. The following is my take and it will appear in Huffington Post is at: <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2011/05/muslims-rejoice-end-of-icon-of-evil-era.html" title="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2011/05/muslims-rejoice-end-of-icon-of-evil-era.html"><span style="color: #14716e;">http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2011/05/muslims-rejoice-end-of-icon-of-evil-era.html</span></a></div><div class="fontStyle51"> </div><div class="fontStyle21">Fox News<br />
Published : Monday, 02 May 2011, 5:10 PM CDT</div><div class="fontStyle21"><br />
</div><div class="fontStyle4"><div class="story last">DALLAS - As details of Osama bin Laden’s death emerge, many North Texas residents are reacting with feelings of relief, victory, justice and a bit of fear.<br />
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Outside former President George Bush’s Dallas home there are signs thanking him for trying to run down bin Laden. A crowd braved the overnight rain to proclaim victory outside the house. Some brought American flags and chanted “USA” in triumph.<br />
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North Texans who have lost loved ones in the 911 attacks are still trying to digest the news. Many said they never felt certain that bin Laden was still alive so confirmation of his death at the hands of the United States military brings a sense of relief.<br />
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“He’s the face of evil. I know a lot of people don’t believe in true evil, but he was evil,” said Marty Fangman.<br />
Fangman’s younger brother Robert was a 31-year-old flight attendant on Flight 175, the second plane that crashed into the World Trade Center.<br />
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Former flight attendant Joni Schippel felt compelled to visit the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine. She finds justice in the death of bin Laden and believes for many people his death ends a decade of resentment.<br />
“We’ve been hanging on to that over 10 years. He just never got what he deserved for what he did to us and our family and friends, people that we knew,” she said. “I’m glad he’s done. I don’t like to say that about anyone who has past but he was not a good person.”<br />
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At DFW Airport some of the families of troops departing and arriving for R & R said they’re cautiously optimistic about the news. Some fear that bin Laden’s death will prompt more violence overseas.<br />
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"I do think everything will be heightened security wise and maybe there's a chance for retaliation attacks," said Army Lt. Col. Steve Davis.<br />
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However, Army Spc. Wade Pantermuehl said the announcement of bin Laden's death during the 30 hour flight home was met with an erruption of cheers.<br />
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The Department of Homeland Security has not raised the terror threat level because of bin Laden’s death, but it has warned Americans traveling abroad to be extra careful.<br />
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Travelers and flight attendants at the airport said they are just concerned about what happens next.<br />
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“The threat’s still out there and it will always be out there because somebody is waiting right behind him to take over. But to have him out of there, the mastermind behind 9/11, I mean it’s just a relief for us,” said Anke Dawson, a flight attendant.<br />
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As Robert Jasinki waited for his plane he said bin Laden’s death brings closure for a lot of people. But the war is not over.<br />
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“I don’t think we should become complacent at all,” he said.<br />
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Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison applauded the efforts of President Barack Obama, former President Bush and the military for hunting down bin Laden.<br />
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“He is the spiritual leader of the terrorist networks that are operating against freedom throughout the world and having the spiritual leader taken out I hope will be a significant impact on the others that would try to do harm to innocent people anywhere in the world,” Hutchison said.<br />
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<a href="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/050211-texas-senator-hurt-on-9_11-says-justice-done" target="_blank" title="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/050211-texas-senator-hurt-on-9_11-says-justice-done"><strong><span style="color: #000371;">State Sen. Brian Birdwell</span></strong></a> , an Army lieutenant colonel who was severely injured in the Pentagon on 9/11, said bin Laden’s death was a matter of “personal justice” for him, his family, other victims and the entire community.<br />
"I knew we would see the day the day he would die," Birdwell said. "The question was whether it was natural causes or ours. It was ours. That's good."<br />
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Even members of the Muslim community in North Texas said they feel a sense of joy and relief.<br />
World Muslim Congress activist Mike Ghouse said he is so happy with the news he can hardly contain himself. He hopes it will foster an improved Muslim-American relationship.<br />
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“Muslims didn’t like the guy as much as other people didn’t because he has done more harm to Muslims and the religion than anyone else ever in the history of mankind,” Ghouse said.<br />
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He believes bin Laden’s burial at sea was a good move.<br />
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“If he was buried somewhere in the ground somebody would’ve made a shrine out of it which would have been even more dangerous. I am glad he went into the sea. There are no more symbols of him left,” Ghouse said.<br />
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Read more on myFOXdfw.com: <a href="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/050211-north-texans-react-to-bin-laden%E2%80%99s-death#ixzz1LFISW6I1" style="color: #003399;" title="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/050211-north-texans-react-to-bin-laden’s-death#ixzz1LFISW6I1">http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/050211-north-texans-react-to-bin-laden%E2%80%99s-death#ixzz1LFISW6I1</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0