Muslim American Heritage — what is that? The first foreign war, which was fought against the jihadists on the Barbary coast, or the second foreign war, which was also fought against the jihadists?
There was no significant Muslim presence in this country until post-9/11: as the number of mosques in the US rose from 1,209 in 2000 to 2,106 in 2010.
September 11 should be Muslim American Heritage Day.
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“L.A. City Council Adopts Muslim American Heritage Month,” by Monica Luhar, KCET, June 20, 2014 (thanks to Creeping Sharia):
Every year, Los Angeles celebrates a number of heritage months: Latino, American Indian, African American, Asian and Pacific Islander American, and LGBT. Now you can add one more to that list this year.
The Los Angeles City Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday recognizing the contributions and activism of the Muslim American community and declared July 2014 as Muslim American Heritage Month.
Council member Curren D. Price, who introduced the resolution, represents one of the largest and longest-standing Muslim community centers in South LA — the Bilal Islamic Center.
“Residents from my community approached me to commemorate the Muslim community and culture, and I felt it was only appropriate to celebrate this culture as we do dozens of others in our city,” said Price. “Our city’s diversity, and our acceptance and tolerance of our different beliefs, is part of what makes our city great.”
Earlier this year, Project Islamic Hope, an L.A.-based civil rights activist group, collaborated with council staff to work on an initial draft that would later be introduced to the council.
“It’s a very important resolution. It’s historic,” Najee Ali, the project’s founder, told KCET. “It will help bring Los Angeles Muslims closer to the mainstream and civic life and affairs of our city where we will have a chance every year to highlight the various cultural traditions of the Muslim community.”
“We can share understanding for many of our fellow Angelenos who know very little of the Muslim community, except for what they see on TV and the media, which is mostly negative,” he added.
California currently has the largest Muslim community in the U.S. — with a majority residing in Southern California, according to USC’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture. The Golden State is also home to the largest number of religious mosques in the U.S.
Los Angeles is the second city to officially have a Muslim Heritage Month, according to Ali. Washington, D.C. is one of the first cities to have adopted Muslim Heritage Month.
Courtesy of PamelaGeller.com
