Imam Shamsi Ali 96th Street Mosque Ali is the one imam who can mediate between the diverse and fractious elements of the 800,000-member Muslim community in New York. A moderate and a revered scholar of the Koran, he leads 1,000 Muslims in worship at the Indonesian Cultural Center in Woodside, 4,000 Bengalis at the Jamaican Muslim Center, and lectures to crowds of 6,000 at the 96th Street Mosque, the city’s largest. Since 9/11, he has become the community’s unofficial emissary to law enforcement and the mayor’s office.
Read more: The Most Influential People in Religion -- New York Magazine http://nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16921/#ixzz0b9gPTQK0 Satrio Arismunandar Executive Producer News Division, Trans TV, Lantai 3 Jl. Kapten P. Tendean Kav. 12 - 14 A, Jakarta 12790 Phone: 7917-7000, 7918-4544 ext. 3542, Fax: 79184558, 79184627 http://satrioarismunandar6.blogspot.com http://satrioarismunandar.multiply.com Verba volant scripta manent... (yang terucap akan lenyap, yang tertulis akan abadi...) Asli Bulukumba nih From: Tomi Satryatomo Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: Racial profiling and the war on terror - an interview with Imam Syamsi Ali in NBC NY (was Fwd: NBC tonight) Wawancara yang straight forward dengan jawaban yang cerdas di NBC NY tentang usulan melakukan racial profiling. Imam Syamsi Ali berasal dari Bulukumba, Sulawesi Selatan, menempuh pendidikan di Arab Saudi, sebelum menjadi Imam masjid di New York, AS. Majalah 'New York Magazine' menulis tentangnya sbb: Imam Shamsi Ali 96th Street Mosque Ali is the one imam who can mediate between the diverse and fractious elements of the 800,000-member Muslim community in New York. A moderate and a revered scholar of the Koran, he leads 1,000 Muslims in worship at the Indonesian Cultural Center in Woodside, 4,000 Bengalis at the Jamaican Muslim Center, and lectures to crowds of 6,000 at the 96th Street Mosque, the city’s largest. Since 9/11, he has become the community’s unofficial emissary to law enforcement and the mayor’s office. Read more: The Most Influential People in Religion -- New York Magazine http://nymag. com/news/ features/ influentials/ 16921/#ixzz0b9Be EQK0 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Syamsi Ali <pengajian_ny@ yahoo.com> Date: 2009/12/30 Subject: [Imsa] NBC tonight To: Masjid Al-Hikmah <alhikmah_ny@ googlegroups. com>, imsa US <ims...@googlegroups .com>, Imam DC <imaam...@yahoogroup s.com>, ICMI NA <icmi...@googlegroup s.com> Assalamu'alaikum, http://www.nbcnewyo rk.com/station/ as-seen-on/ Racial_Profiling _and_The_ War_on_Terror_ New_York. html Wassalam, Shamsi Ali [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
