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Article: United for Al-Quds: A Day-Long Program of Six Major San Francisco Bay Area Islamic Organizations
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- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- August 31, 1998
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United for Al-Quds: A Day-Long Program of Six Major San Francisco Bay Area Islamic Organizations
Major Islamic organizations of the San Francisco Bay Area, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Muslim Community Association, American Muslim Alliance, San Francisco Muslim Community Center, Oakland Islamic Center, and South Bay Islamic Association, held a day-long conference on May 16 on the status and sanctity of al-Quds and the Palestinian fight for justice and freedom. Speakers at the conference, entitled "United for Al-Quds," traced the history of Jerusalem, the significance of the sacred city in Muslim history and thought, and the moral imperative for supporting ...