Sunday, June 10, 2007

Bush is: "Instilling a lot of fear"

A day of Korans and camaraderie.

Islamic culture is celebrated at Penn's Landing


They came from far: Pakistan, Lebanon and India, organizers said. And from near: 80 percent were African Americans from Philadelphia, they added.

With the Delaware River flowing serenely in the background and strains of Middle Eastern music rising from red-capped singers on a bright and warm late spring day, an estimated 3,000 Muslims had gathered by midafternoon yesterday at Penn's Landing for the 15th annual Islamic Heritage Festival. Link