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  1. Gulf Times: "President Obama spoke very clearly to Muslims and said that he wanted to begin again” gulf-times.com/site/topics/ar…
  2. Zainah Anwar says many young Muslim women want to reconcile Islam, womens' rights and freedom. They need information.
  3. "I don't like to use the label 'muslim world' and 'non muslim muslim' world. We are all human beings." Says Tawakkol.
  4. Tawakkol says "in the past Islam had been marketed as an enemy of democracy." #USIslam12
  5. Don't let extremists dictate what is right and wrong, Zainah says. As well as: 80 percent of Muslims don't speak Arabic.
  6. "Why is only one opinion the one that is counts?" She urges importance of breaking fear of doing it wrong/break silence!
  7. "Diversity of opinion is the tradition in Islam" and the respect of "plurality" is essential. (Cont...)
  8. #ZainahAnwar says we need to break the idea that you can't get involved. Doing things in public sphere is key.
  9. "Let's join hands+work together" she pleads re whole world. "We need to build democratic communities". It is "my dream."
  10. "We want to live safely with equal citizenship...and free of terrorism." says Tawakkol. #ArabSpring #Yemen
  11. She says: your principals, your dreams. A person's awareness of crisis will turn into a collective awareness. #USIslam12
  12. Steve Grand asks: what's the secret to your success? #USIslam12
  13. She says she was inspired by #MartinLutherKing. She is articulate and poised. Very moved by her words.
  14. "We are a generation that is capable" and "we will cause a global awareness" and "we owned the dream"...
  15. Steve Grand of #USIslam12 asks: why you? She says "you can't just stand back and watch. You must take action."
  16. "People used to make fun of us as we kept saying 'wake up #Sanaa! Wake up!'" Says Tawakkol.
  17. Nobel prize laureate from Yemen #TawakkolKarman passionately speaks re #Arabwomen + #freedomofexpression. #USIslam12
  18. Friend and activist #RamiNashashibi speaks about tradition of working for change. He's founder of American NGO #IMAN
  19. "Muslims women in the 21st c. must have equal rights" says #SistersinIslam founder #ZainahAnwar. #USIslam2012
  20. Second plenary is about to begin. As we mingle many participants amazed at stats about #Muslim youth.