CNN PRODUCER NOTE     Saudi Muslim students in American colleges and universities launched a nation-wide campaign in February called "Mohammed is a Prophet of Mercy: Sharing the language of peace and love". Muslim students carried out the campaign in Times Square on Sunday, March 24. The aim of the campaign is to emphasize the similarities between Muslim and other religions through simple statements of love, said Waleed Ali Aljohani, a medical student who coordinated the New York event. iReporter Sunsetlady says she happened to be in Times Square and shot these photos.
- dsashin, CNN iReport producer.

Muslim students in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and England formed a campaign to explain Prophet Muhammad’s message of peace by giving away roses.

On March 24, a group of students from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Yemman, led by Dr. Waleed Ali Aljohani and Ghazi Ali Al-Hassan, carried out the campaign in Times Square.

According to Dr. Aljohani, “After 9/11, a lot of people linked between Islam and violence. We decided as Muslim students to introduce our true religion and show how Islam is a religion of love, mercy and peace by distributing flower with cards stating about love, respect and mercy. We are not asking people to be Muslim but at least we can show what the similarities between Islam and other religions. The similarities between Muslim and other religion, nations and culture are more than different; No reason for Islamophobia. Muslim could be anyone – family, friend, or neighbor. So you can look to what we are sharing together – love, peace and mercy.”

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-947366

Cute eh?

So they expect "flowers" to change the deeds of their brothers or what?? Nothing can change that religion or the perspective people have of it. Nice try tho.

braine: So they expect "flowers" to change the deeds of their brothers or what?? Nothing can change that religion or the perspective people have of it. Nice try tho.

Maybe it can. It'd be nice if our muslim brothers in Nigeria handout flowers this Easter period than the usual C4s.

Look on the bright side.

Masha Allah

That is good to see.

what can replace flowers if this is to be done in Nigeria? Nigerians don't fancy flowers.

op are you muslim?

No. Why ask?

just noticed you've opened quite a few threads in this section, thats all.

no biggie.

We need more Love in Egypt, let Muslims there hand flowers to Copts. We need more in Iran, let them hand flowers to their brothers and sisters who left Islam for Christianity. We need more love in Saudi, let them stop beheading people for leaving Islam. WE NEED MORE LOVE LIKE THIS!

not going to happen, unfortunately.