{"id":1555,"date":"2002-08-07T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-07T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2002-08-07T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2002-08-07T06:05:00","slug":"american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering 9\/11: American Muslims prepare for 9\/11 anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/911.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Walking for peace<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Volumes could be written about the fears and anxieties of American Muslims in the months after the September 11th attacks. But in order to defend their religion, American Muslim organizations are making plans to <a href=\"http:\/\/usinfo.state.gov%2Fusa%2Fislam%2Fa073002.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">commemorate<\/a> the tragic event\u2019s anniversary (although one senator says <a href=\"http:\/\/highmarkfunds.stockpoint.com%2Fhighmarkfunds%2Fnewspaper.asp%3FMode%3Dnews%26Story%3D20020803%2F215w5697.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Osama\u2019s planning too<\/a>). For the most part, the plans involve a campaign to integrate (although New York City is still <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coxnews.com%2Fnewsservice%2Fstories%2F2002%2F0801-NY-ANNIV-COX.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">struggling<\/a> with how to proceed). \u201cWe are planning a series of events to mobilize the Muslim community to be actively involved within their local communities, in prayer services, candlelight vigils or any other events, to honor and remember the victims of September 11,\u201d said Nagwa Ibrahim, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpac.org%2FNEWS%2Fnewsitemdisplay.asp%3FID%3D198%26ITEMTYPE%3DNEWS\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MPAC<\/a>\u2018s Community Outreach Coordinator. Muslim leaders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acfd.com%2Fworkers_pause_at_trade_center_si.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">involved<\/a> in past memorial services at local and national levels and have generally found widespread community and interfaith acceptance, a trend which is illustrated by planned events at local levels from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amila.org%2Ftopstories_comments.php%3Fid%3D27_0_2_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muslim civic organizations<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.depts.drew.edu%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2F2002%2F20020702_conference\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">university sponsored forums<\/a>. Exactly what will be done \u2013  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com%2Fhollywoodreporter%2Ftelevision%2Fbrief_display.jsp%3Fvnu_content_id%3D1571240\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">and what is appropriate<\/a> \u2013 has yet to be determined, although Muslims are anxious to participate. \u201cThere were approximately 300 Muslims who died in the World Trade Center. As American citizens, the attacks have affected our community as well,\u201d Ibrahim noted. <\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst continuing suspicions, questioned loyalties, and an uncaptured Osama bin Laden, American Muslims figure out how to prepare for September 11th rallies and remembrances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Remembering 9\/11: American Muslims prepare for 9\/11 anniversary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amidst continuing suspicions, questioned loyalties, and an uncaptured Osama bin Laden, American Muslims figure out how to prepare for September 11th rallies and remembrances.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering 9\/11: American Muslims prepare for 9\/11 anniversary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amidst continuing suspicions, questioned loyalties, and an uncaptured Osama bin Laden, American Muslims figure out how to prepare for September 11th rallies and remembrances.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2002-08-07T06:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/911.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary\/\",\"name\":\"Remembering 9\/11: American Muslims prepare for 9\/11 anniversary\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2002-08-07T06:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2002-08-07T06:05:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/0e0efbb645cc461c721083358f82f945\"},\"description\":\"Amidst continuing suspicions, questioned loyalties, and an uncaptured Osama bin Laden, American Muslims figure out how to prepare for September 11th rallies and remembrances.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/american_muslims_prepare_for_9_11_anniversary\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Remembering 9\/11: American Muslims prepare for 9\/11 anniversary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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