Courtesy of FReeper End_Clintonism_Now
Posted on 12/13/2007 6:37:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
NEWARK — The fourth annual American Muslim Voice peace convention brought many speakers of various backgrounds to provide a blueprint for protecting civil rights in the post-Sept. 11, 2001, era.
Visitors at the Chandni Restaurant in Newark on Sunday evening cheered and listened to guest speakers, such as anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, Muslim convert Brandon Mayfield and Ron Takaki, an ethnic studies professor at University of California,Berkeley.
The conventions theme was building a beloved community, which included topics such as Fighting for the American Constitution and America, One Nation under God? These topics were discussed by a group of panelists in two sessions.
Welcomed with a standing ovation, Sheehan headlined the first session, reiterating that she will be running for Congress against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the congressional seat representing San Francisco.
Events, coalition building and groups like the American Muslim Voice are very important to Sheehan, she said, because they allow her to tear down the boundaries whether they are real or fake that prevent us from having true and authentic relationships with each other.
In April 2004, Sheehans son was killed in Iraq. She has protested and expressed her disgust about the U.S.s involvement in the war andwith government officials.
"We elect our representatives to protect our rights and not to take them away from us," she said. "We have to stand up for the people that do not have voices. Ignorance is a wall and we break down those walls to build bridges with each other." Sheehan added that changing the way people think about each other is a way of improving relations among different people in the world.
"This occupation of Arab-Muslim land shows how racist we really are," she said. "If we can justify it by saying it's OK to kill a million Iraqis, but at least my family is safe... No, that is not okay!"
In 2004, Brandon Mayfield, an American who converted to Islam, was falsely linked to the Madrid train bombings and received an apology and restitution from the federal government after being held in jail for weeks.
His recollection of racial and religious profiling after 9/11 was a highlight of the event. Mayfield said the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, a system designed to protect U.S. citizens from terrorism, "was really a war on Islam." His situation is one of the most prominent cases opponents cite against the Patriot Act.
"I should remind you, If you didn't know already that our freedom of religion in this country is a sacred right and to exercise ones beliefs should never be a factor of a governments investigation in its citizens."
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Staff writer Jamaal Johnson can be reached at 510-353-7003 or jajohnson@bayareanewsgroup.com.
Cindy “un-retired” quick, didn’t she....I’m gonna guess that she paid a few visits to Barry Bonds “The Cream” source, and got regenerated.
I’d almost forgotten about the stupidest woman in America.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939187/posts
When I saw Newark, I thought of above thread. LOL
sigh.
Muslims love westerners like her. Keep her out in front until they take over, then cut her head off.
Known by the company she keeps.
Wow! A cross-section of America!
Cindy.... Your hero son died fighting whom?
It appears Cindy’s not receiving many appearance requests these days.
Sigh.
I thought her 5 minutes was up?
Thing is ...who would call this news ???
Darn it , I thought she was in Newark NJ...She would have found how racist that place can be if you stray in places where you don't belong.
Only when she is totally abandoned by the MSM and her commie buddies … pushing a grocery cart and living under a bridge, will she realize that she was (is) being used.
Stupid is as stupid does.
As long as it doesn’t violate local state or federal laws.
She hates America so much she “Pardners up” with those that actually KILLED HER SON.
I bet her hero son would be so proud.
pitiful
“The conventions theme was building a beloved community”
Leftist horsecrap.
And once they take over they’ll put her fat ass in a Burkah and shut her up in the back room. Any complaining on her part will result in a severe beating. Continued complaints could easily result in a “Honor” killing.
Jihadists and Sheehadist..
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