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February 28, 2007
A Muslim Declaration for Freedom
Topics: Understanding IslamReaders interested in the efforts of moderate Muslims to reform Islam and speak out against the jihadists will find Jamie Glazov's interview of Phyllis Chesler, very informative. Chesler will be chairing the opening panel in the upcoming Secular Islamic Summit Conference of Muslim and ex-Muslim dissidents being held on March 4th and 5th in St Petersburg, Florida at the Hilton Hotel.
The dissidents are planning to issue a Declaration for freedom throughout the Islamic world:
Delegates from Egypt, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, Syria, and exiles from a number of Muslim countries who now live in Europe and North America will assemble for this meeting. Speakers include: Mona Abousenna, Nonie Darwish, Fatemolla, Tawfik Hamid, Shahriar Kabir, Nibras Kazimi, Irshad Manji, Wafa Sultan, Amir Taheri, and others whose names also cannot be released for security reasons.You can find more information on the Secular Islam Sumit - here.This conference plans to issue a Declaration and to launch a global, humanist movement for "reason, pluralism, and freedom of conscience." They will call for a new "Enlightenment" in Islamic culture and will release the Declaration at a press conference on Monday afternoon, March 5th, 2007, in English, Arabic, Farsi, and Bengali to the world media.
Posted by Richard at February 28, 2007 11:29 AM
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