In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

(10/11/06 Houston, Texas) 

The Council on American-Islamic Relations Houston Chapter met at Rice University to discuss the issue of Tolerance. CAIR Houston stated that the reason why the Muslim world today has a bad taste in their mouth with America is because the United States was primarily at war with Muslim dominated nations. The Keynote Speaker "Carol E. Quillen mentioned the caricatures against the Prophet Muhammad(saw), and CAIR responded by enriching the audience by stating the reason why Muslim reacted in the way that they did was because they come from uneducated societies who cannot fight back with the pen in an educated manner, and that because Muslims have a deep engraved love for the Prophet(SAW), where even making fun of him is abhorrent.
The dialogue consisted of a diverse group of individuals from different religions and cultures.