Some 3,000 Muslims gathered Sept. 25 in Washington to an unusual feature in the shadow of the Palace of Congress americano.Vestita of colored robes, scarves and various fabrics, the crowd seemed happy to be able to pray in a place so town. Many have been photographed with the Congress behind him. "What we did today we could not do in a Muslim country - said the organizer of the rally Imam Abdul Malik, of Brooklyn, who spoke for 40 minutes -. If one were to pray before the royal palace would stop him. " The organizers, who expected 50,000 Muslims in Dar-ul-Islam, a mosque in Elizabeth, NJ, had set up a website, www.islamoncapitolhill.com, on which he proclaimed, "Our time has come." "This event is truly historic - Amina Haqq said in New York - I'm happy to have seen Islam being treated as part of America. American society is not a Judeo-Christian, is a Judeo-Christian-Muslim. " Sadar Shaw, a resident of Washington, has brought her husband Eric and two children. "This is a demonstration of solidarity to show that Muslims are not only terrorists but also law-abiding citizens," he said. "We believe in the potential of America - said the imam Malik -, we have not come to criticize our country. We want Americans to know that we love. " But his Facebook page contained a message a bit 'different' Democracy is not a revelation, and democracy is not equal freedom, "says one of his warnings. And again: "Because democracy has slavery, homosexuality, lesbianism, gambling, you have all the vices that are against the spirit of truth, so we do not want to democratize Islam, we want to Islamize democracy! Is this what we want. " Imam Malik, who in Facebook photos is wearing Western clothes, arrived at the rally on Friday, dressed as a Saudi sheik, with a long white robe and black robe embroidered over another gold and a white headdress - called "ghutra" - tied to a double black rope known as "Igal". Obama thanked the President for having inspired during his presidential campaign last year and told his co-religionists that they are "a great blessing for America" \u200b\u200band at the same time exhorted him not to clash with non-believers (Washington Times, September 26, 2009).
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