Politics aside, the book makes some remarkable religious assertions. Shura, the Imam's Council of New York, Women in Islam, the Islamic Society of Fire Department Personnel, and the Diallo family will hold a news conference to express outrage over New York Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik's announcement that no disciplinary action will be taken against the four police officers who shot and killed unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo in February 1999. The groups will also voice concerns about the Fire Department's decision to hire one of those officers. The long-anticipated demographic change was highlighted last week with the release of a new study estimating the Muslim population of the United States at 7 million. Muslims in the United States.
Jewish leaders say the change represents both challenges and opportunities.
Jewish leaders also point out that the American Jewish community has always been more influential than its numbers indicate, and will still be able to make its voice heard even if outnumbered by Muslims. What we made up in numbers is the level of advocacy, financial support and getting the vote out. In addition, said Friedman, director of the Mid-Atlantic States office of the American Jewish Committee Muslims are not necessarily Jews' adversaries. Muslims come in different packages. Mo. At early afternoon, the small grocery store is quiet except for the little boy playing steam shovel in a basin of dry beans.