{"id":3555,"date":"2014-04-21T05:42:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T05:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2014-04-21T05:42:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T05:42:36","slug":"us-muslims-remember-boston-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/04\/21\/3555\/","title":{"rendered":"US Muslims Remember Boston Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/us-Muslims-Remember-Boston-Victims.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Commemorating the first anniversary of Boston Marathon bombing, leaders of Boston Muslim community have joined an interfaith prayer vigil, sending out a loud message against the attacks that shocked the society a year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe were afflicted by the tragedy that tried to extinguish the spirit of our marathon, that tried to shake our faith and test our strength,\u201d Suzan El-Rayess of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center told those attending the vigil, CBS reported on Sunday, April 20.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">El-Rayess speech was given during a prayer vigil held at the steps of Trinity Church in Copley Square Saturday night.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Representatives of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths participated in the vigil, held under the title \u2018Light the Fire of Peace\u2019.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last April, a pair of ethnically Chechen Muslim brothers allegedly set off explosives at the finish line of the race, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The attacks on the international marathon have drawn widespread condemnations from Muslims inside the United States and around the world.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With the overwhelming majority of American Muslims have no connection to extremism, the entire community is badly affected by the rare, individual attacks, such as the Boston bombings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>New Start<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A year on the attack, participants in the vigil said they wanted to look ahead, rejoicing the fact the Boston Marathon tradition continues.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIt will never be the same,\u201d Cathy Bradley, who got to mile 25 last year before she was stopped by the explosion, said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cFor me it\u2019s going to be emotional.\u00a0 I\u2019m excited but it\u2019s also very emotional. It think it\u2019s a time of healing on many levels for many people.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For Libby Roberts, a marathon spectator, the vigil offered him a chance to move on from last year.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s taking our city back and filling it with peace rather than anger,\u201d she said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by several cities in Greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Held annually on Patriots&#8217; Day, the third Monday of April, the marathon is the world\u2019s oldest annual marathon, which dates back to 1897. It als ranks as one of the world&#8217;s best-known road racing events.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Though there are no official estimates, the US is home to from 7-8 million Muslims.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An earlier Gallup poll found that the majority of Americans Muslims are loyal to their country and optimistic about their future in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span> <em><strong>OnIslam<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commemorating the first anniversary of Boston Marathon bombing, leaders of Boston Muslim community have joined an interfaith prayer vigil, sending out a loud message against the attacks that shocked the society a year ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c102-muslim-minorities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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