Monday, September 12, 2016

USA: Lehigh Valley Muslim group holds Sept. 11 blood drive to honor victims and spread understanding


It's the local edition of a national event sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a 127-year-old international movement that preaches against violent interpretations of Islamic teachings.

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By Dan Sheehan | September 11, 2016

BETHLEHEM TWP. — Fifteen years ago, when the Sept. 11 terror attacks happened, Khola Ahmad was in first grade. She remembers a panic among the teachers about some event on television the children weren't allowed to see.

Ahmad, of Bethlehem, learned soon enough what had happened in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, hearing eyewitness accounts from aunts and uncles who lived in New York and saw the twin towers burning.

Now 21, she was among the people who came out to the Bethlehem Township Community Center to donate blood on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the attacks and the sixth year of the Muslims for Life Blood Drive.

It's the local edition of a national event sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a 127-year-old international movement that preaches against violent interpretations of Islamic teachings.



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