community
For MSA events or activities, please view our calendar.

APRIL
March 1: Anaheim: LIFE Iraq Fundraising Dinner
March 8: Buena Park: Islamic Relief Iraq Fundraising Dinner
March 15: Long Beach: MAS High School & College B-ball Tournament
March 15: LA: Mass March and Rally to Stop the War
March 22: San Jose: SBIA Media Training Seminar II
March 22-23: LA: Youth Conference

March 8th, 6pm
Emergency Iraq Fundraising Dinner

Islamic Relief
presents

Emergency Iraq Fundraising Dinner
Saturday, March 8th 6:00pm
Sequoia Conference Center
7530 Orangethorpe Ave
Buena Park, CA 90621
(714) 670-9252

Tickets: $25
Babysitting provided

Facts according to the United Nations and UNICEF:

• A new Iraq conflict could immediately cause 500,000 casualities and displace another 2 million people
• Approximately 80% of Iraq's population will be at immediate risk of malnutrition

Islamic Relief has re-opened its offices in Iraq, and its activities in Iraq include:

• Udhiyah/Qurbani distribution
• Water and Sanitation Projects
• Provision of Medical Supplies
• and more...

Don't let more innocent children die. Come and support your brothers and sisters in Iraq.

To reserve your tickets today, please contact us:

Islamic Relief
1919 W Magnolia Blvd
Burbank, CA 91506
(888) 479-4968
info@irw.org
www.irw.org

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March 15th
5th Annual MAS Muslim Basketball Tournament [ top ]

Muslim American Society
presents

5th Annual Muslim Basketball Tournament
Saturday, March 15th

Cal State Long Beach
1250 BellFlower Blvd.
Long Beach CA, 90840

5 On 5 Indoor Courts
Sign-in begins sharp from 8:30 to 9:00am

2 Divisions
High School: Ages 13-18
College: Ages 18-28
No ID No Play!

Team Sign-up deadline is March 13th by 10pm
$20 per person for whole day (Food not included)

For more info or to register
phone: br. Zubair 818.554.4320
email: info@MAScalifornia.org
web: www.MAScalifornia.org

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations - Southern California (CAIR-LA) joins the call of other peace groups in urging the community to rally for peace and be part of nationally coordinated demonstrations in Washington DC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

The people of the world CAN stop this war. The Bush administration wants to set a count-down for the massive destruction to begin. This military assault would result in unimaginable suffering for the innocent people of Iraq. But people around the world, in big cities and small towns, are mobilizing for massive demonstrations to stop the war on March 15. After the historic success of anti-war demonstrations on February 15, it is crucial that the anti-war movement keep up the momentum. All of us must come together to say no to Bush's genocidal war plans. Join us in Los Angeles for a united mass march and rally.
Let's make it even bigger and stronger than February 15!

Download the flyer (english or spanish), make copies and become an organizer in your community, at your campus or school, in your mosque or church or in your union.

Saturday, March 15

Assemble 12 Noon at Olympic and Broadway in Los Angeles
March to the Downtown Federal Building for a Mass Rally

For more information, please call CAIR-LA at 714-776-1847 or email
cair_sca@cair-california.org.

Sponsors:
International ANSWER Coalition
Coalition for World Peace
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
Not in Our Name Project
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Southern California (CAIR-LA)

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Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 7 PM
Beckman Hall 404
Chapman University

As a chief weapons inspector for the UN Special
Commission in Iraq, Scott Ritter was labeled a hero
by some, a maverick by others, and a spy by the Iraqi
government. In charge of searching out weapons of
mass destruction within Iraq, Ritter was on the front
lines of the ongoing battle against arms
proliferation.

Scott Ritter has had an extensive and distinguished
career in government service. He is a ballistic
missile technology expert who worked in military intelligence
during a 12-year career in the U.S. armed forces,
including assignments in the former Soviet Union and the Middle
East. A former major in the U.S. Marines, Ritter also
spent several months of the Gulf War serving under
General Norman Schwartzkopf with Marine Central
Command headquarters in Saudi Arabia.

In 1991, Ritter joined the UN weapons inspection team,
or UNSCOM. He took part in 52 inspection missions,
14 of them as chief. He led the UN weapons inspection
team into Iraq in January of 1998, only to be blocked
from the weapons sites by Iraqi officials.

Following Iraq's decision to defy the UN and block
further searches, Ritter initiated a series of additional
inspections. Despite verbal support of Ritter's efforts from the
U.S. and the UN Security Council, behind closed doors they
resolved not to confront Iraq's policy. Unwilling to accept
the lack of official action against the Iraqi decision, Ritter
resigned his position proclaiming that the "illusion of arms
control is more dangerous than no arms control at all."

Ritter went back to Iraq in 2000 for a different
reason. He filmed a documentary, "In Shifting Sands: The Truth
of UNSCOM and the Disarming of Iraq", which focuses on
the disarmament of Iraq and its implications for U.S.
foreign policy. The documentary gives an eye-opening
view of America from the international community's
perspective, while presenting an unwavering hard line on issues of
international justice and global security.

Today Scott Ritter proposes that the UN Weapons
inspectors should be allowed to complete their work rather than
have a premature allied invasion of Iraq.

Admission is FREE!
For further information, contact (714) 997-6556

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