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| Muslims are wary of White House efforts
on Faith-Based Initiative politics.
[7-16-01]
A recent meeting incident underscores tensions and
points to community's broader concerns about its status in U.S.
The LA Times reports that at a recent meeting with White House
officials, Muslim leaders expected to discuss President Bush's
controversial faith-based initiative, his plan to provide federal
support to churches, synagogues - and mosques - in the battle against
poverty and other social ills. Instead, soon after the meeting began the
Secret Service ejected a 20-year-old congressional intern, offering no
explanation.
The report adds these background details:
In March, a White House reception to celebrate Eid
al-Adha, a sacred Muslim holiday, was summarily canceled. In June,
Vice President Dick Cheney abruptly called off a meeting with Muslim
leaders. Days later, Abdullah Al-Arian, a Duke University student from
Tampa, Fla., who is an intern in the office of House Minority Whip
David E. Bonior (D-Mich.), was ordered out of the meeting on the
faith-based initiative.
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