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Benefit Concert for Syria
- Category: Events
- Published on 16 May 2013
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The St. Louis Chapter of the Syrian American Alliance* invites you to attend a benefit concert for Syria on Friday May 24th featuring renowned Syrian revolution singer/performer Wasfi Massarani and his band.
The event will take place at the Maryville University Auditorium:
650 Maryville University Dr, St Louis, MO 63141 from 7pm-9pm.Tickets:Adult: $30Child (10 yrs & under): $15Family (5 ppl): $110Purchase tickets at the door or online at:
http://www.syrianaa.org/index.php/events/band-tour-st-louisLegislature sends bills barring Agenda 21, Sharia Law to governor
- Category: In the Press
- Published on 09 May 2013
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By Elizabeth Crisp This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 573-635-6178
Following the Agenda 21 vote Wednesday, the House gave final approval to legislation that targets the use of Sharia and other foreign laws in the United States, which Democrats also questioned.
“We’re talking about the boogey man in Sharia land,” said Rep. Mike Colona, D-St. Louis. “It’s a waste of time. There is no boogeyman out there.”
It's unclear whether Nixon, a Democrat, will sign the bills, quietly let them pass or try to block the bills from becoming law by veto. Both were approved with slight veto-proof margins.
(The anti-Agenda 21 legislation is SB265 and the foreign law bill is SB267)
Missouri Lawmaker’s Email Attacking Muslims Drawing Fire
- Category: In the Press
- Published on 08 May 2013
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KIRKWOOD, MO (KTVI)– An e-mail from a powerful Missouri lawmaker attacking Muslims is drawing fire from Christian pastors in the lawmakers St. Louis County hometown.
State Representative Rick Stream of Kirkwood chairs the house budget committee. He sent out an e-mail from his official state account a week ago, attacking Muslims. Representative Stream has refused to comment, but Christian ministers in Kirkwood are saying plenty.
Representative Stream sent an e-mail from his office to all other Republican representatives, senators, and staff personnel in the general assembly.
Call Mayor Slay and say Dump Veolia!
- Category: Action Alerts
- Published on 14 May 2013
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For months, hundreds of St. Louis Palestine solidarity activists, environmental and water justice activists, workers, students, business owners, and others have been asking the St. Louis Board of Estimate & Apportionment (E&A) to say NO to a $250,000 city water contract (details below) with Veolia, a French multinational corporation involved in human rights abuses in Palestine, environmental and labor abuses, privatization of public resources, and other misdeeds. In December, St. Louisans packed the E&A meeting, prompting officials to shelve the contract until they could investigate the company. In January and February, hundreds converged on City Hall, prompting officials to call for a public hearing on the matter.
In spite of all this, when the St. Louis Dump Veolia Coalition met with a representative of Mayor Slay last month, Slay’s representative said that the Mayor did not sense much public opposition to Veolia. It’s clear that the Mayor needs to hear from you!
- Please Call & Email TODAY, Tuesday, May 14th for our Tell Slay Call-In & Email Day!
· If you oppose St. Louis contracting with a company that violates human rights, call the Mayor’s office!: 314-622-3201. Then, email him!
Sing Petition: Apologize for Blatant Discriminatory Message Targeting the Islamic Faith
- Category: Action Alerts
- Published on 08 May 2013
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Stream apologize for blatantly discriminatory and anti-Islam e-mail sent to state legislatures insinuating the paranoid 'dangers of Islam'.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN PETITION: Apologize for Blatant Discriminatory Message Targeting the Islamic Faith
Contact Rep. Rick Stream of Kirkwood, MO. & ask him to apologize for sending such a blatantly discriminatory e-mail about Islam and those individuals and families who follow it.
Please join us in telling Rep. Rick Stream that America is no place for such messages and he should be more adhering to the spirit of our country that encourages acceptance, and rejection of intolerance.
Call: 573-751-4069
Or Send a Letter: MO House of Representatives-- 201 West Capitol Ave. Room 306, Jefferson City, MO 65101CAIR-St. Louis Seeks Apology for Mo. Lawmaker’s Anti-Muslim Email
- Category: Action Alerts
- Published on 08 May 2013
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For Immediate Release
CAIR-St. Louis Seeks Apology for Mo. Lawmaker’s Anti-Muslim Email
(ST. LOUIS, MO, 5/8/2013) - The St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis), along with other civil rights and advocacy organizations and interfaith communities, is requesting an apology from State Representative Rick Stream for forwarding an anti-Muslim email message. Stream’s hate message has been condemned by Christian leaders in his hometown.
SEE: Missouri Lawmaker’s Email Attacking Muslims Drawing Fire
http://fox2now.com/2013/05/07/missouri-lawmakers-email-attacking-muslims-drawing-fire/
“This is not an isolated incident, rather we’ve witnessed a trend of growing anti-Islam remarks and sentiments at the state capitol that the leadership refuses to acknowledge or take any action against,” said CAIR-St. Louis Executive Director Faizan Syed, who has lived in Stream’s district for most of his life.
Read more: CAIR-St. Louis Seeks Apology for Mo. Lawmaker’s Anti-Muslim Email
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Faizan Syed is the Executive Director of the St. Louis chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations.
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