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  • 500 attend Muslim tolerance luncheon

    03/28/2011 3:50:55 PM PDT · by americanophile · 17 replies · 1+ views
    North New Jersey.com ^ | March 28, 2011 | MELISSA HAYES
    When Mohamed Younes selected "Religious Freedom and Tolerance" as the theme for the American Muslim Union's annual brunch, it was long before New York Rep. Peter King decided to hold hearings on "radical Islam." Younes, president of the union, said the luncheon Sunday at the Glenpointe Marriott in Teaneck came at the right time. "It just happened to be the right subject for the right moment," he said. Younes, who founded the Paterson-based grass-roots organization in the hopes of serving the American Muslim community and promoting equality, told the roughly 500 attendees that religious freedom is a constitutional right. "With...