Word: muslim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nation's biggest terrorism trial opened in a Manhattan courtroom as prosecutors began making their case against Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 other Muslim men who are accused of having plotted to blow up key New York City landmarks in 1993 as part of an alleged holy war against...
...Muslims are portrayed in the media as only being terrorists," said Sameh Ahmed, a graduate student at Northeastern University, who worships at the center. "The American public is slow to understand that being a Muslim does not mean you are a terrorist, but it means you are a good neighbor, a good person...
Ahmed says that he and other members in the local Muslim community hope peace will come to the Middle East, but they are not optimistic about the current negotiations...
...Cambridge Islamic Community is presently celebrating Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. During Ramadan, which began last Wednesday, Muslims commemorate the revelation of the Koran to Mohammed by abstaining from food, drink and sexual activity from sunrise to sunset...
Ahmed says he hopes that the hundreds of Muslim students at Harvard and other area colleges will come to the center to celebrate Ramadan and other future events...