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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: 121ST MARYLAND STATE FAIR featuring home arts and agricultural exhibits, daily livestock and horse shows, midway rides and games, horse racing and live entertainment by Avalon, Steve Holy and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
DATE: August 30, 2002
LOCATION: Timonium Fair Grounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD
CONTACT: 410-252-0200 x225
WEB ADDRESS: marylandstatefair.com/StateFair/StateFair_Info.asp
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA holds its convention themed "ISLAM: A Call for Peace and Justice."
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. -- News conference
3 p.m. - Session 1: Inaugural Session
Special prayer (dua') for victims of 9-11
ISNA President: Muhammad Nur Abdullah
Association of Muslim Scientists & Engineers (AMSE) President: Elsayed A. Orady
Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS) President: Louay Safi
Canadian Islamic Trust Foundation (CITF) Chairman: M. Anwarul Haque
Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) President: Shahid Athar
Muslim Students' Association (MSA) President: Altaf Husain
Muslim Youth of North America (MYNA) Chairperson: Hanaa Unus
North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) Chairman: Bassam Osman
American Muslim Alliance (AMA) Board Chairman: Agha Saeed
American Muslim Council (AMC) President: Yahya Basha
The Community Mosque National Jamaat: Imam Asim Abdur Rashid
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) President: Omar Ahmad
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) President: Zulfiqar Ali Shah
Muslim American Society (MAS) Leader: Warith Deen Mohammed
Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) President: Siraj Wahhaj
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) President: Salam Al-Marayati
Muslim American Society (MAS) President: Suhail al Ganouchi
Convention Chair: Abdul Wahab
Program Chair: Syed Imtiaz Ahmad
Steering Committee Chair: Rizwan Jaka
National Council of Churches, Secretary General: Bob Edgar
Religion in American Life, President & CEO: Rabbi Robert Lennick
The National Conference for Community and Justice, President & CEO, Sanford Cloud, Jr.
National Council of Catholic Bishops, Secretariat for Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs: John Borelli
Sayyid M. Syeed, Secretary General
5 p.m. - Session 2A: Why Muslims Declined
6:30 p.m. - ISNA Alliance for Peace and Justice Banquet
DATE: August 30, 2002
LOCATION: Grand Hyatt-1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 317-839-8157
WEB ADDRESS: isna.net
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE Sondheim Celebration presents Anna Bergman who is appearing in A Little Night Music. She presents the cabaret program, 'Melody, Melodie: A Celebration of Song from Berlin to Bizet'. DATE: August 30, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
