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Tuesday 14 Jul 2015 - 18:03 Makkah mean time-27-9-1436
Jacksonville (IINA) - Presenting the true message of Islam, a new billboard campaign has been launched in Florida’s most populous city of Jacksonville to correct misconception surrounding the faith and offer reliable answers to those seeking more information about Islam, according to media reports.
Launched by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the national campaign erected three Islamic billboards bearing #Who is Muhammad? throughout Jacksonville to raise awareness about Islam.
Reaching out to more than 500,000 per week, the campaign aims to answer questions about the faith through its hotline.
"Mostly they call about, if they have questions, they want to visit the Islamic center, they want to meet with the Muslims, they want to get a free copy of the Qur'an, or any other Islamic literature. Just to visit the Islamic center," Muhammad Ilyas, the regional president of the (ICNA), told News4Jax on Sunday.
According to Ilyas, ICNA volunteers have received thousands of calls since the erection of the billboards last month.
“I don't control my color, I don't control my language, I don't control my ethnicity, but I control myself, my character, my conscious, I control my relationship with the other,” Ilyas said.
“I think if we change our criteria on how we judge people that's how we can establish justice.”
Similar campaigns were initiated in different US cities where 80 billboards have been erected to dispel myths about the religion.
ICNA is one of the largest, non-profit, grassroots Muslim organizations in North America with many projects, programs, and activities designed to help in reforming society at large.
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