Bismillah, FYI Peace, Curtis Sharif
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Turkey is in search of cooperation with the U.S. Black Muslim leader Deen
Mohammad to prevent the so-called clash of civilizations and to reinterpret
Islam according to the needs of the 21st century while lobbying against
Armenian genocide claims in the U.S. Congress. Mohammad yesterday arrived to
Ankara for a 3 days visit, as a guest of the Justice and Development Party
(AKP). He started his visit at the Atatürk mausoleum. I am not an imam. I am a
businessman and I am also a community leader, Mohammad told the Turkish Daily
News yesterday. He added that they are in search for cooperation with Turkey.
Mohammed is known to be the leader of 2 million Muslims in United States. In
1996 he met with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican and participated in the
National Prayer Service Celebrating the second inauguration of then U.S.
President Bill Clinton. Mohammad will meet with Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül
and Minister of Trade and Industry Ali Coþkun today. He will also have
talks with the head of religious affairs directorate Ali Bardakoðlu and the
Mufti of Ýstanbul, Mustafa Çaðrýcý, about Islam and the situation of 1.5
billion Muslims all over the world. In a joint press conference with Baðýþ, he
underlined the importance of education in Islam, saying the first command of
the Prophet Mohammad was Read. He evaded a question about Turkey's role in
Islamic world but stressed the importance of education for all Muslim
societies. Mohammad said he was critical about the U.S. administration's
policies in Iraq and he also emphasized he was against Saddam Hussein during
the first Gulf War. I said to my community to support the war when I saw the
things in Iraq but I regret it now. Our soldiers should be called back and
return home, he said. In the lunch with the Turkish deputies, Baðýþ argued
that although 80 percent of logistical support to U.S. soldiers is passing from
Turkey, U.S. politicians do not have enough knowledge about the role of
Turkey, according to sources attending the lunch. Black Muslims lobby
for Turkey: Muslims and Jews will cooperate against the Armenian lobby in the
United States against the resolution, which was introduced to the House of
Representatives about the genocide claims. He underlined that they have a
deputy in Congress, Keith Ellison, and he said, he would meet to talk about the
importance of Turkey with Ellison again. He also said the first black senator,
Barack Obama, is an important person to prevent the genocide claims in U.S.
politics. In the press conference Baðýþ drew attention to the power of the
Armenian and Greek lobby. He announced that Turkey is in search for different
lobbying groups in U. S. to counter the anti-Turkish groups.
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