{"id":2425,"date":"2016-02-23T20:12:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2425-meet-your-muslim-neighbor-edmonton-event-meant-to-clear-up-misconceptions\/"},"modified":"2016-02-23T20:12:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T20:12:14","slug":"meet-your-muslim-neighbor-edmonton-event-meant-to-clear-up-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2425-meet-your-muslim-neighbor-edmonton-event-meant-to-clear-up-misconceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Your Muslim Neighbor: Edmonton event meant to clear up misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">Edmonton woman has created an event named &#8216;Know Your Muslim Neighbor\u2019<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">Afshan Fatima\u2019s teenage kids tell her that every time a Muslim makes news linked with terrorism, other school kids look at them as if they\u2019re involved.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">For this reason the Edmonton woman has created an event named &#8216;Know Your Muslim Neighbor\u2019 which is aimed at clearing the misconceptions about the peaceful religion of Islam.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">According to Edmonton News, \u201cThis event is to build bridges between Muslims and other communities,&#8221; Fatima said. &#8220;Islam has a bad image right now, so we want to show the correct version of Islam, and not what people see in the media.\u201d<br \/> The first \u2018Know Your Muslim Neighbor\u2019 event was held in January.<br \/> Fatima is an outreach coordinator with the Edmonton chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America Sisters. Along with others from the group and people from the University of Alberta\u2019s Muslim Student Association, she&#8217;ll take questions from attendees.<\/p>\n<p> Many of the questions she&#8217;s asked are about terrorism, the hijab and niqab, as well as about general beliefs, she said. \u201cAnswering those questions clears up a lot of misconceptions and fears.\u201d<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton woman has created an event named &#8216;Know Your Muslim Neighbor\u2019 \u00a0 Afshan Fatima\u2019s teenage kids tell her that every time a Muslim makes news linked with terrorism, other school kids look at them as if they\u2019re involved. 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