Radio KPCC: AirTalk hosted by Larry Mantle. June 18 2015
A series of billboards in California are part of a campaign by the religious group, Islamic Circle of North America, to change Islam’s image in America, amid an increase in anti-Islamic sentiment in the country.
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The billboards have gone up in Sacramento and Los Angeles and will eventually stretch to the East Coast. The Sacramento billboard reads: “Looking for the answers in life? Discover Muhammad.” The one in New Jersey states, “Kindness is a mark of faith.” Another in Miami says, “Muhammad believed in peace, social justice, women’s rights.”
What do you think of the billboards? How successful do you think they will be?
Guests:
Waqas Syed, Deputy Secretary General of the Islamic Circle of North America, which is behind the billboard campaign
Salam Al-Marayati, President, Muslim Public Affairs Council, public service agency working for the civil rights of American Muslims
Article Courtesy: KPCC / NPR
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