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FORMER MUSLIMS UNITED SPEAK OUT:
A Panel Discussion with Nonie Darwish,
Wafa Sultan and Amil Imani
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, room 2456
When: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 2:30pm-4:00pm
Sponsored by Former Muslims United
RSVP: Nonie Darwish at info@formermuslimsunited.org
For more information: (866) 760-6682
Nonie Darwish, Wafa Sultan and Amil Imani are all directors of Former Muslims United Incorporated. Former Muslims United is a new civil rights organization formed in late 2009 to advocate for the rights to religious freedom and freedom of speech for people who have left Islam, also known as apostates. Under the Islamic Shariah legal doctrine, Muslims are not permitted to leave Islam. Under Shariah law, apostates may be the victims of violence, forced divorce, discrimination and murder. Apostates are also denied free speech under Shariah law, as numerous Shariah authorities describe any criticism of Islam or Shariah by apostates as “treason.”
In the fall of 2009, Former Muslims United mailed copies of the “Freedom Pledge,” asking Muslims to repudiate the Shariah law consensus permitting execution of apostates from Islam, to over 100 Muslim American leaders. Only two pledges were returned.
In the meantime, since September 2009, Former Muslims United has submitted cases of threats and discrimination against apostates to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice; has assisted in several individual cases of apostates seeking help; and has issued a proposal to the Islamic Society of North America to conduct a parallel session on "Civil Rights, Social Justice, and the Rights of Former Muslims to Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech in America" at the ISNA July 2-5 Annual Convention. The three panelists will discuss the ongoing threats to civil rights of former Muslims in America, the positions on apostasy taken by the Council on American Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America’s Director of Communications and Leadership Development Louay Safi, and their plans to expand their activities on behalf of former Muslims in the U.S. and in partnership with organizations for former Muslims worldwide.
Copies of the list of individuals and organizations who have been mailed the Freedom Pledge will be provided at the event, as well as the full text of the FMU proposal for an open dialogue on the civil rights of Former Muslims sent to ISNA for the ISNA annual convention.
For more information, contact Nonie Darwish at (866) 760-6682
info@formermuslimsunited.org
www.formermuslimsunited.org
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FORMER MUSLIMS UNITED SPEAK OUT:
A Panel Discussion with Nonie Darwish,
Wafa Sultan and Amil Imani
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, room 2456
When: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 2:30pm-4:00pm
Sponsored by Former Muslims United
RSVP: Nonie Darwish at info@formermuslimsunited.org
For more information: (866) 760-6682
Nonie Darwish, Wafa Sultan and Amil Imani are all directors of Former Muslims United Incorporated. Former Muslims United is a new civil rights organization formed in late 2009 to advocate for the rights to religious freedom and freedom of speech for people who have left Islam, also known as apostates. Under the Islamic Shariah legal doctrine, Muslims are not permitted to leave Islam. Under Shariah law, apostates may be the victims of violence, forced divorce, discrimination and murder. Apostates are also denied free speech under Shariah law, as numerous Shariah authorities describe any criticism of Islam or Shariah by apostates as “treason.”
In the fall of 2009, Former Muslims United mailed copies of the “Freedom Pledge,” asking Muslims to repudiate the Shariah law consensus permitting execution of apostates from Islam, to over 100 Muslim American leaders. Only two pledges were returned.
In the meantime, since September 2009, Former Muslims United has submitted cases of threats and discrimination against apostates to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice; has assisted in several individual cases of apostates seeking help; and has issued a proposal to the Islamic Society of North America to conduct a parallel session on "Civil Rights, Social Justice, and the Rights of Former Muslims to Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech in America" at the ISNA July 2-5 Annual Convention. The three panelists will discuss the ongoing threats to civil rights of former Muslims in America, the positions on apostasy taken by the Council on American Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America’s Director of Communications and Leadership Development Louay Safi, and their plans to expand their activities on behalf of former Muslims in the U.S. and in partnership with organizations for former Muslims worldwide.
Copies of the list of individuals and organizations who have been mailed the Freedom Pledge will be provided at the event, as well as the full text of the FMU proposal for an open dialogue on the civil rights of Former Muslims sent to ISNA for the ISNA annual convention.
For more information, contact Nonie Darwish at (866) 760-6682
info@formermuslimsunited.org
www.formermuslimsunited.org
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