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A national Shiite Muslim organization will bring
more than a thousand people to South Florida for its national
conference over the weekend.
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), More than a thousand people
are expected in South Florida over the weekend for a national
gathering of Shiite Muslims.
Muslim Congress, a Houston-based organization, will hold its
annual conference on Islam, family life and civic engagement on
Saturday and Sunday at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown
Miami.
The event will include presentations from dozens of Shiite
clerics from across the country. Organizers are expecting around
1,500 Muslims to travel to South Florida for speeches and panels
on topics from ``dealing with fellow Muslims'' and ``living
Koran in the western world'' to ``civil rights and advocacy''
and ``dealing with marital conflicts.''
``It's a platform for all Muslims to get together, to discuss,
to listen in,'' said organizer Mohammad Ali Baig, who is a
prayer leader at the Madinatul Ilm Islamic Center in Tampa and
the Husseini Islamic Center in Orlando.
``As Muslims, we need to get on one platform so we can involve
ourselves in the process here. If we as Muslims can get
together, we can effectively get involved in the world,'' Baig
said.
This is the organization's sixth annual conference and its first
in South Florida. Last year, about 1,800 Muslims attended its
gathering in Dearborn, Mich. Members of a handful of South
Florida Shiite mosques will be participating, including those of
the Islamic Jaffaria Association in Hialeah Gardens.
There are two major branches of Islam, with Sunni Muslims making
up the majority and Shiite Muslims the minority. The branches
developed after the death of the Muslim prophet Mohammed in the
seventh century, when his followers split over who would lead
Islam.
While many aspects of the Muslim Congress conference are aimed
toward Shiite Muslims, Baig said it's open to other Muslims, as
well.
``We invite all Muslims because the issues we face are similar,
such as how to maintain our Muslim identity and how to raise our
youth,'' he said.
Source:
http://www.abna.ir
Date: 2010/07/07
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