{"id":909,"date":"2011-10-21T09:18:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=909"},"modified":"2011-10-21T09:18:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:18:12","slug":"cair-joins-occupy-wall-street-will-hold-friday-prayers-in-zuccotti-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/cair-joins-occupy-wall-street-will-hold-friday-prayers-in-zuccotti-park\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIR Joins Occupy Wall Street, Will Hold Friday Prayers in Zuccotti Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/cair-joins-occupy-wall-street-will-hold-friday-prayers-in-zuccotti-park\/\">From The Blaze<\/a><br \/>\nThey say one can tell a lot about people by the company they keep. If that adage is true, what does the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) endorsement of Occupy Wall Street \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and the organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s choice to conduct Friday \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jummah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d prayers in Zuccotti Park \u00e2\u20ac\u201d tell us about both CAIR, <em>and<\/em>, the Occupy protesters?<\/p>\n<p>Dear friends,CAIR-NY is proud to support and invite you to Friday Prayer at Occupy Wall Street this Friday,<a href=\"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=163371\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-163371\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CAIRPRAYER2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/CAIRPRAYER2.jpg?resize=180%2C232\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"232\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>October 21st, where we will join in solidarity with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the 99%.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jummah, hosted by Majlis Ash-Shura (Islamic Leadership Council of New York) is scheduled for 1pm at Zuccotti Park. A sermon on social justice in Islam will be delivered by Imam Aiyub Abdul Baki.<\/p>\n<p>CAIR-NY\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s endorsement of Friday Prayer at Occupy Wall Street stems from a conviction that many of the issues brought into the international spotlight by Occupy Wall Street affect Muslim communities disproportionately, and it is up to us to stand up for our rights and show the world what democracy and peaceful protest look like. Look for our table at Zuccotti Park to obtain information about our current projects and to expand the role of New York Muslims in the Occupy Wall Street movement.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT: Friday Prayer at Occupy Wall Street<br \/>\nWHEN: Friday, October 21st, at 1:00-3:30pm<br \/>\nWHERE: Zuccotti Park on Broadway between Liberty and Cedar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Blaze They say one can tell a lot about people by the company they keep. If that adage is true, what does the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) endorsement of Occupy Wall&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1131,738,786],"tags":[22,1278,1277,872,1015],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}