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New News Old News Events Watch Listen Pressroom View iWord Survey results View Intifada Litmus Test Results	News March! Sunday Sept. 9th 12pm 2007-09-08 Stop the Madrassa is Crashing Muslim Day Parade "Muslims from throughout the metro area, including busloads from Long Island mosques, plan to gather at Madison Avenue and 41st Street at noon and march south to 27th Street, according to Ghazi Khankan of Long Beach, a Muslim leader who will be the master of ceremonies. The expected crowd of more than 15,000 will include leaders from New York's Jewish, Buddhist and Christian communities, organizers said." -Excerpt from Bloomberg Rejects Campaign to Cancel Muslim Parade, News Day Dear UFPJ member groups and friends, We would like to encourage the peace movement in NYC to come out in solidarity to the United Muslim Day Parade on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 12 noon. The parade has been taking place for 22 years, but now the same group of individuals (including Fox News) that has been attacking Debbie Almontaser and the Khalil Gibran School is attacking the parade and has been trying to get the mayor to disallow the parade. We hope that your organizations will be able to march or support from the sidelines on Sunday. Stand against the demonizing of Muslims, anti-Muslim prejudice and the use of Islam phobia as a justification for war. The march begins at noon at 41st Street and Madison. Please let us know if your organization will be marching and where you will be assembling and we can then let others know. Peace, Leslie Kielson NYC-UFPJ Send blogs and media to blog@awaam.org.