Now that we have gone through a spiritual retreat during Ramadan, your mosque and the community is asked to put it into practice for the sake of justice by doing one or more of the following 10 actions: 1. Put a banner on your Masjid building with a message like; Peace Now: End the Occupation of Gaza, OR Lift the Siege on Gaza Now, or a similar message. 2. Ask your Imam or the visiting Khateeb to dedicate the Friday Khutba for community education about the imperative of justice in occupied Palestine. 3. Encourage the community to call their local legislator and ask for their rationale in supporting U.S. financial and military support to Israel. 4. Organize a day of phoning to U.N., U.S. (President, Secretary of State, Senators and Representatives) and the offices of Arab diplomats in Washington D.C. 5. Organize communitys young children to write letters and make solidarity greeting cards for the children in Gaza. 6. Encourage and support youth group to hold bake sales and/or car wash, etc for financially supporting humanitarian relief for the besieged people in Gaza. Boycott Israeli consumer products. 7. Organize a teach-in about Israeli occupation of Palestine and its impact and how could it end, etc. Feel free to call the the Council for speakers recommendation or reach out to American Muslims for Palestine (ampalestine.org) 8. Visit your local newspaper and/or media outlet to meet with the editors and demand objectivity and more coverage. 9. Hold a candle light vigil around your Mosque or your house on a cross street. 10. Organize special prayers asking God for relief to the besieged people in Gaza.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:08:13 +0000
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