{"id":40446,"date":"2017-03-11T07:16:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=40446"},"modified":"2017-03-11T07:16:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T14:16:31","slug":"american-islamic-forum-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/03\/american-islamic-forum-democracy.html","title":{"rendered":"The American Islamic Forum for Democracy"},"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><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40447\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/03\/Phoenix_AZ_Downtown_from_airplane.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40447\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-40447\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/03\/Phoenix_AZ_Downtown_from_airplane.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial shot of Phoenix, AZ\" width=\"596\" height=\"447\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Zuhdi Jasser practices medicine in the Phoenix, Arizona, area<br>(Public domain image from Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perhaps time to remind some of those who read my remarks here of an organization led by Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, with whom I\u2019ve shared the podium a couple of times \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/aifdemocracy.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Islamic Forum for Democracy<\/a>. \u00a0Have a look around their website.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cBelievers! Conduct yourselves with justice, and bear true witness before God; even if it be against yourselves, your parents, or your kin.\u201d<\/h2>\n<div class=\"hr hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-27  avia-builder-el-no-sibling \"><\/div>\n<h1>\u064a\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u064a\u064f\u0651\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0622\u0645\u064e\u0646\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0643\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0642\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0645\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0628\u0650\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0642\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0637\u0650 \u0634\u064f\u0647\u064e\u062f\u064e\u0627\u0621\u064e \u0644\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0641\u064f\u0633\u0650\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0648\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0650\u062f\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0625\u0650\u0646 \u064a\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0646\u0652 \u063a\u064e\u0646\u0650\u064a\u064b\u0651\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u0641\u064e\u0642\u0650\u064a\u0631\u064b\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064f \u0623\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0628\u0650\u0647\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0651\u0628\u0650\u0639\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0647\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0623\u064e\u0646 \u062a\u064e\u0639\u0652\u062f\u0650\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646 \u062a\u064e\u0644\u0652\u0648\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u062a\u064f\u0639\u0652\u0631\u0650\u0636\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064e \u0643\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064e \u0628\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e \u062e\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0631\u064b<\/h1>\n<h2>Quran 4:135<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Posted from Richmond, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 It\u2019s perhaps time to remind some of those who read my remarks here of an organization led by Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, with whom I\u2019ve shared the podium a couple of times \u2014 the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. \u00a0Have a look around their website. \u00a0 \u201cBelievers! 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