American Muslims; an invitation to a national conference in Dallas

http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2009/07/american-muslims-invitation-to-national.html

We invite you to be a part of a greater vision to be shared at a National Conference of American Muslims. Rarely in human history has an opportunity existed before a minority to become a catalyst of change as it exists now before the American Muslims.

Date: Sunday, 19 July 2009
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00 PM
Place: Crowne Plaza Hotel,
Address: 14315 Midway Road, Addison (Dallas), TX 75001
Voluntary Donation: $50.00/person to defray the cost
Dinner Sponsorship requested for about 75 Guests
RSVP Required by 7/14 to: Confirmattendance@gmail.com

Hotel Rooms are offered at a special price of $59+Tax - group code WMC
Hotel Phone: (972) 980-8877
Hotel Site: http://www.cpgalleria-nr.crowneplaza.com/

OUR FOCUS:

1. To consolidate our diverse community and raise a visionary leadership.

2. To engage with the due process, the governing institutions, and the civil society to create a dialogue of change.

3. To promote conflict resolution and constructive engagement that can offer diplomatic alternatives to military endeavors.

4. To work towards the common interests and welfare of both America and the Muslim world -- a win-win situation.

5. To work against Islamophobia and the negative stereotypes of Muslims in the West, and to help uplift the image and position of Muslims and their respective work in America and beyond.

6. To help raise a moderate and effective voice to invalidate extremism and bigotry.

To address why, how and what to do about this enormous responsibility before us we --a group of Muslims are organizing an exclusive and in-depth meeting in Dallas, Texas on July 19th of 2009.

You are a leader and an activist in our community; and you can play a vital role in helping shape this movement of change in our time. We cordially invite you to participate in this meeting, irrespective of your affiliation or inclination...

Our goal is to help bring about a leadership to create an effective political and social force of transformation both in the West and in the Muslim world. We commit to involve aggressively in dialogue and diplomacy and remain steadfast in constructive engagement and conflict resolution. America is a vital place to spearhead such a movement of change on the national and the international fronts.

Realizing our potential and responsibility we -- a group of sincere American Muslims - have been working on this idea for the last several years. Recently with the new vision and approach of the Obama administration and the promise of cooperation with the Muslims, we feel the urgency to spearhead this work and take it to the next level now.

Our upcoming meeting in Dallas is about consensus building, goal setting and fundraising for the cause. We are at the formative state. Therefore, Inshallah, whoever would come forward and take up the torch with us today would be the pioneer of peace and progress tomorrow.

If you prefer to spend your night with other participants in a less formal environment our members in Dallas would like to host you in their homes. (We have limited rooms, so priority will be given to the early applicants).

Please contact the following as soon as possible, whether you will be participating in the conference and if you would like to stay with a host family.

The Meeting Agenda

09:00 Introduction, Open Forum of Goal Setting and Consensus Building
12:00 Lunch Break
01:00 Establishing Resolutions
03:00 Fund Raising
04:30 Election of the Steering Committee Members and Election/Selection of Officers
06:00 Dinner and Discussion - Future Vision

If you wish to join us for an informal gathering on Saturday night, please contact any one of us from Adhoc committee or send an email to: Confirmattendance@gmail.com

Ruby Amatullah - ruby1919@gmail.com
Edip Yuksel - edipyuksel@gmail.com
Mike Ghouse – MikeGhouse@aol.com

Thank you.
MUSLIMS FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS

Mike Ghouse
www.WorldMuslimCongress.com

To be a Muslim is to be a peace maker, one who constantly seeks to mitigate conflicts and nurtures goodwill for peaceful co-existence of humanity. God wants us to live in peace and harmony with his creation; Life and Matter.Our Mission is to work for a world of co-existence through inclusiveness and participation. As a member of diverse family of faiths, our efforts will be directed towards justice and equity to attain peace for the humankind with a firm grounding in commonly held values. We cannot have advantages at the cost of others. Such benefits are temporary and deleterious to lasting peace. We believe what is good for Muslims has got to be good for the world, and vice versa, to sustain it.

http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/WorldMuslimCongress/Articles/Mission-Statement.asp

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