CAIR-Ohio Iftar
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/3/2003) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR-Ohio) today said some 450 people, including more than 40 officials and community leaders, turned out for the annual Ramadan Iftar banquet of its Ohio office (CAIR-Ohio) on Saturday.
Attendees at the event included presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, members of the Ohio House of Representatives, a mayor, representatives of different state and local governments, and a number of interfaith leaders.
Rep. Kucinich spoke about the deterioration of civil liberties in America and the war ongoing war in Iraq. He also congratulated CAIR-Ohio on receiving the ACLU's Liberty's Flame award.
The highlight of the event was CAIR-Ohio's award presentations that included a Community Activism award to Amal Jamal, a Regina High School (Cleveland, Ohio) senior who was expelled because she refused to take off her religiously mandated headscarf.
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