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Muslim Action Day: Rally Scheduled Thursday At State Capitol

By ADF Alliance Alert

Huffington Post: "They are the catalytic generation," said Eboo Patel, the executive director of Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core and member of a White House faith-based advisory board. 'The earlier generations built the private institutions: mosques, schools, places to get married, have funerals. This generation will have a huge focus on public institutions.' The young activists' work appears to be gaining traction, particularly in the Chicago area, which experts estimate has nearly half a million Muslims, one of the largest concentrations in the country. Activists have launched 'Illinois Muslim Action Day,' where Muslims, mostly youth, act as legislative pages and meet with lawmakers at the State Capitol in Springfield . . . "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).