From an article in The Arizona Republic by M. Zuhdi Jasser, a Phoenix physician and chairman of the Board of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy
... There is a confusion in the American mind of how the Muslim community regards those who would target and kill innocent noncombatants. It is not for want of spokesmen appearing on television or radio. That we have seen in abundance. Rather, what increasingly troubles Americans is the absence of any palpable mass movement in the American Islamic community condemning outright the targeting and killing of innocent civilians.
That is what we want to start changing. That is why, I, and other Muslims in the Valley community are sponsoring a rally at 6 p.m. April 25 at Patriots Square Park in downtown Phoenix.
We have only two goals. We want to reassure the American public that the great majority of Muslims condemn the targeting of innocents by virtue of the tenets of our faith. We also want to give hope and inspiration to faithful Muslims all over the country that this type of rally is possible. ....
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