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About 60 leaders of the Muslim community in southeastern Michigan gathered at the Islamic House of Wisdom on the last weekend of June for a conference titled "Rejecting Sectarian Influence in our Communities."
It was sponsored by the Imams Council of the Michigan Muslim Community Council and included the Imams Council's Shia and Sunni co-chairmen, fellow imams and Muslim community leaders. The goal is to break down the sectarian divides and reaffirm American and Islamic values of religious tolerance.
"The event was very much needed, and the implementation of the ideas and proposals offered would greatly help us and our future generations enjoy the gift of pluralism American offers," said Dawood Zwink, MMCC executive director.