INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC NEWS AGENCY: WASHINGTON DC, 11 Rabi al-Thani / 4 March (IINA)-A leading US Muslim group has launched a campaign to educate Americans about Islamic Sharia long affected by post-9/11 politics as well as campaigns led by Republican presidential candidates.
“ICNA is making an honest attempt to reach out and connect to our fellow Americans and introduce them to our Islamic faith,” Naeem Baig, the Islamic Circle of North America’s vice president of public affairs, told CNN.
“We see it as our responsibility to clarify misconceptions about American Muslims.”
The campaigns launched by ICNA is aimed at “educating Americans” on what it says is the noble meaning of Sharia. » | AH/IINA | Sunday, March 04, 2012