Muslims to meet on response to Islamophobia

(RNS) With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 looming, attendees at North
America's largest Muslim gathering next month will be told that the best
way to deal with Islamophobia is not to lay low, but get involved in
politics, interfaith work and community affairs.

That's the message that leaders of the Islamic Society of North
America want to send to the roughly 40,000 U.S. and Canadian Muslims
expected to attend ISNA's 48th annual convention over the July 4th
weekend in Rosemont, Ill.

"Our conventions in the past years have changed. You'll see more
questions dealing with interreligious cooperation and understanding,"
said Mohamed Elsanousi, ISNA's director of community outreach. "We are
opening the convention more to people of other faiths."