Interesting article
http://www.ijtihad.org/AMGPP.htm
Heres an extract:
."…There were two key conclusions at the conference. One, the US had lost its credibility in the Muslim World and desperately needed moderate Muslim support to restore its credibility. A State Department official explained the situation in these words “We know things are terribly bad, we need help, and specially we need American Muslims to help dedemonize the US.” The second conclusion was that Islam and Muslims are being demonized in the US, their civil rights situation was terrible and Muslims are routinely excluded from policy deliberations; so how can they help improve US image unless things improve on the domestic front. Those extremists in America who propagate hatred of Islam and Muslims must be treated as extremists, and the government must move forward to include Muslims in policy making. Muslim input is valuable both in the articulation as well as in execution of policy.
One of the questions constantly raised after 9/11 is “where are the moderate Muslims?” So far many of them have been working as individuals or as part of mainstream American Muslim organizations that are already overwhelmed with the challenge of rising Islamophoebia in the US. Now with the constitution of the American Muslim Group for Policy Planning, Moderate Muslims in America have a name and an address. They are here, they are now organized, and willing to provide their input for policy making and their assistance in policy implementation. The ball is now in the government’s court; hopefully they will respond and help build a partnership with American Muslims. "
Has anyone seen M. A. Muqtedar Khan on his talks ? He seems to be doing a lot. Is he well respected ?
I expect this must be absolute sin and anathema for the AMM’s on this board (Anti-Moderate-Muslims).