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Interfaith Rally Looks Beyond Anti-Islam Bus Ads That SEPTA Is Being Forced To Run
CBS News Local ^ | March 31, 2015 | by Cherri Gregg

Posted on 03/31/2015 4:30:26 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

PHILADELPHIA — Following a court ruling that said SEPTA must accept some anti-Muslim advertisements, those ads may begin running on dozens of buses as early as tomorrow.

Today, leaders of several faiths came together to counter the ad’s hate message with a little love.

Scores of Christians, Jews, and Muslims today joined Philadelphia elected officials for a rally in Love Park designed to protest the incendiary bus ads, which link Adolf Hitler to Islam.

“We have to speak out against hate,” said Bilal Qayyum, who converted to Islam more than 45 years ago. “It does nothing to help the city if we separate people by religion and races. We have to come together.”

Qayyum says he and many other Muslims who attended the rally were personally offended by the ads. But Imam Mikal Shabazz, who also attended, encouraged Muslims to stand in peace in spite of the offensive statements in the advertisements.

(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; israel; liberty; muslims

1 posted on 03/31/2015 4:30:26 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Time for a new chain of restaurants.

2 posted on 03/31/2015 4:35:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In case anybody needs a refresher course:

http://www.politicalislam.com/author/

Bill Warner, one of the most courageous men alive today.

He’s also on YouTube.


3 posted on 03/31/2015 4:37:43 PM PDT by tsomer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well played sir!


4 posted on 03/31/2015 4:39:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Waiting for Kenny Gamble reaction...

Kenny Gamble aka Luqman Abdul Haqq’s radical Islamist /black surpremacist ties “We are not just here for Universal-we are down here for Islam”

http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/3283

Legendary Songwriter Now Marches to an Islamist Tune

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1105/legendary-songwriter-now-marches-to-an-islamist


5 posted on 03/31/2015 4:47:37 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“SEPTA” has to be one history’s most idiotic acronyms.


6 posted on 03/31/2015 5:14:31 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Qayyum says he and many other Muslims who attended the rally were personally offended by the ads.


Historical facts hurt yeah!


7 posted on 03/31/2015 5:50:47 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Kid Shelleen

ping


8 posted on 03/31/2015 6:11:16 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (The greatest danger facing our world: the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons.-Netanyahu)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They seem to be a little truthaphobic........


9 posted on 03/31/2015 7:05:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

glad i missed the event. the reporter Cherri Gregg and news agency failed the who what when where and how test. i bicycle my way home past this protest hot spot.


10 posted on 03/31/2015 7:56:28 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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