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Media Coverage of "Walk for Remembrance and Peace"

Media coverage of our "Walk for Remembrance and Peace" included TV reports on local affiliates for NBC and ABC, KRON, and Spanish language station Univision; newspaper articles in the Oakland Tribune (front page story and pictures), San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Contra Costa Times. Radio reports were heard on KCBS, KPFA Pacifica Radio, and our NPR affiliate, KQED.

TV Coverage of "Walk for Remembrance"





Upcoming Bay Area Peace Events

Contra Costa Times, September 6, 2002 - "The Bay Area Muslim Community is sponsoring a procession Sunday, Sept. 8, through downtown Oakland to memorialize those who lost their lives in the tragic events of Sept. 11. The "Walk for Remembrance and Peace" is being sponsored by American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, and Masjid Waritheen. The event will take place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Lake Merritt. "This is a way of saying no to extremism, being active in the promotion of peace and remembering those who lost lives on 9/11," said Farhan Memon, co-director of AMILA, a Bay Area group of American Muslims that seeks to educate people about Islam. "The three groups got together, because we as American Muslims wanted to do something to memorialize the lost lives."" (more here)



Just a quiet Sunday walk around the lake

By Lakiesha McGhee, Oakland Tribune, September 9, 2002 - "Sunday's event was more than a memorial service. Organizers said they marched to take a stand against terrorism, extremism and unite for justice and peace. Moina Noor, director of American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism (AMILA), said the Muslim community has felt the impact of Sept. 11 on many levels. "As Americans, we feel that it's terrible what happened to our country -- the cruel and brutal attack on innocent men, women and children," said Noor. "As Muslims, we experienced the hijacking of our religion." Noor said the Muslim community has also experienced a backlash of racial profiling and hate crimes. She said the march was an opportunity for the Muslim community to commemorate the victims of Sept. 11 and make a strong statement in favor of peace everywhere." (more here)



Bay Area Muslims take time to remember, walk for peace

By Dana Hull, San Jose Mercury News, September 9, 2002 - "Today, more than 200 people turned out in Oakland to join the Bay Area Muslim community in remembering the tragic events. The ``Walk for Remembrance and Peace,'' from Lake Merritt to the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, both honored the victims of last year's attacks and urged local residents to continue to work for cross-cultural understanding. "As Muslims we feel it is important for us to be visible to Americans that we are mourning Sept. 11," said Moina Noor, 32, director of AMILA, American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, the group that coordinated the event. "But we are also praying for peace. What happened last year was the killing of innocent people. We don't want to see that repeated."" (more here)



Bay Area marchers call for peace, mourn 9/11 victims, condemn attacks

By Charles Burress and Jim Doyle, San Francisco Chronicle, September 9, 2002 - "In Oakland, nearly 250 people with anti-war signs marched halfway around Lake Merritt and attended a memorial gathering with East Bay Muslims at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California. The Oakland march began with Moina Noor, director of American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, condemning the Sept. 11 attacks as "an act of criminal and brutal aggression against our nation." The attacks also amounted to "the hijacking of our religion in the name of God, Islam and Muhammad, our beloved prophet." An American Muslim man, Oakland locksmith Carlos Ali, wore a sandwich board saying, "Our grief is not a cry for war," a message displayed on several other signs, stickers and leaflets." (more here)