A billboard in Times Square in New York featuring the teachings of Prophet Muhammad is just one of about 100 similar advertisements around the country. Courtesy of ICNA. The Muslim Times has most extensive collections to refute Islamophobia
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Among the many colorful billboards in New York City’s Times Square bodly advertising the latest movies, musicals or premium alcoholic drinks, one sign in particular stands out.
“Muhammad believed in peace, social justice, women’s rights,” the sign reads.
Those words are followed by the toll-free number 877-Why-Islam and the hashtag #WhoIsMuhammad. And New York is not alone in hosting such messages. The sign is one of dozens of similar billboards that have appeared in major cities around the country this summer — all in an effort by a group of American Muslims to dispel misconceptions about the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
The Islamic Circle of North America, a national Muslim organization with about 40 chapters around the country, is responsible for the estimated 100 billboards in 32 cities, including major hubs like Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Memphis and Calgary, Canada. The billboards feature various messages like “Muhammad always taught love, not hate; peace, not violence” and “Discover Muhammad.”
The campaign, which is paid for by local ICNA chapters, was launched after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris in January.
“This year we were going to focus on the theme of faith and service, originally,” said ICNA national president Naeem Baig. “But after the attacks in France, we started to receive calls from other Muslims, asking what we were going to do and how we were going to respond. So we came up with this idea, to focus on the understanding of the life of the Prophet.”
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