Posted on 04/02/2008 3:17:44 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
One of two outspoken Muslim clerics scheduled to speak at St. Cloud State University this week is unable to attend, the school said today.
The clerics were booked as part of St. Cloud's Islam Awareness Week, which started Monday.
Siraj Wahhaj was supposed to speak Thursday on the topic "What is Jihad?" The school was unaware of a reason for his inability to participate. Wahhaj was also scheduled to speak to other college student groups in the state this week.
His appearance at the University of Minnesota has also been canceled, said Lolla Mohammed Nur, a U student organizer.
Wahhaj, an American-born imam of a mosque in Brooklyn, N.Y., is on the executive committee of the Muslim Alliance in North America, a network of organizations addressing needs in American Muslim communities.
Scheduled in his place at St. Cloud and the U is imam Hamdy El-Sawaf, secretary-general of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of Minnesota.
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good.
Ya can’t really blame ‘em; that Rev. Wright is a tough act to follow.
Sad deal is....Wright would play well in MN’s 5th District...
What, no islamic cleric hysterics?
“Shine the light of truth....”
Shine the light, indeed!
I have the feeling that he dropped out because he knew that someone or a group of someones was going to give him a well deserved ration....
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Isn't “Jihad” a religious term? Would it be acceptable for them to schedule an Independent baptist minister to speak on “What is Christianity”?
Sorry, St. Cloud, but you're behind the curve. America's Islam Awareness Weeks began on 9/11/01. The rest of us are all too aware of Islam now.
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