Word: muzammil
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...than 65% voted for George W. Bush. They are pro-gun control, pro-environment and pro-death penalty. They are proud of their country. And they are viscerally--indeed, theologically--antiterrorist. One of the first clerics to speak at the service at the National Cathedral last week was Imam Muzammil H. Siddiqi: "We see the evil of destruction and the suffering of many of the people before our eyes. With broken and humble hearts and with tears in our eyes we turn to you, O Lord...
...that injunction has gone largely unheeded. American Islam is gravely weakened by divisions among nationalities: Egyptians worship with Egyptians, Lebanese with Lebanese. In some locations, separate congregations that use different languages share a building but have no joint activities. "There is no unified, strong Islamic movement in America," complains Muzammil Siddiqi, director of the Islamic Society of Orange County, Calif. Coordination among U.S. Muslims is lacking even on something as fundamental as the dates for beginning and ending Ramadan, the month of dawn-to-dusk fasting that concludes this week...
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