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Muslims in Marysville
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” -Franklin Delano Roosevelt BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
Government:
City opens up its checkbook for residents to scrutinize. Page 3.
Youth: Girls learn about self-advocacy, possible careers. Page 3.
MARYSVILLE – Like many others in the world, Mustafa thinks, “Isis is worse than the devil.” Mustafa Al-harab is a Muslim spokesman for the Al-Mustafa Center in Marysville. He said the terrorist Muslim group called Isis is not Islam. “They teach to hate,” he said of Isis, which is the complete opposite of Islam, which means “peace.” “It can’t be more clear than that,” Mustafa said. “Islamic people accept other religions.” He said Muslims associated with Isis most often come from Saudi Arabia. He is from Iraq. SEE ISLAM, PAGE 2
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Inside the Al-Mustafa Center in Marysville, Mustafa Al-harab talks about how Islam means “peace.”
Get to know Muslims, pastor says
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Kyllo wants to connect Muslims to neighbors.
MARYSVILLE – Terry Kyllo says homosexual couples didn’t get the right to marry over night. It took a long time. And it wasn’t just because of letters to the editor. “People got to know gays and lesbians,” said the pastor of Catacomb Churches and St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. That also is how hate against Muslims in Marysville also will be quelled, he said. Toward that end, Kyllo released a web page Jan. 29
called, “Muslims and Christians as Neighbors.” Kyllo and others will be putting on 10 informational events at churches all along the Interstate 5 corridor. The overall message is “Love in a Time of Fear.” The goal is to get Christians and Muslims to get to know each other so they can get past stereotypes. Kyllo said Muslim speakers in the project will focus on three things. 1. Muslims on not trying to convert every one. They want to leave Christians and Jews alone or become friends. 2. Muslims are just as horrified
of Isis as others area. “They reject it all and are grieved to the heart,” Kyllo said. 3. Sharia Law is different in every community. For example, a woman does not have to wear a hijab, but scarves are available if they want to. Muslims will not get mad or offended if you don’t wear one. When an event is put on, people can do their own thing. “They do not impose anything on anyone else,” Kyllo said. Kyllo said the national media and politicians have only added fuel to the fire against Muslims. SEE PASTOR, PAGE 2