Imam Ammar Amonette of the Islamic Center of Virginia in Bon Air stands before a monument to Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia statute for religious freedom at the Valentine First Freedom Center in Shockoe Bottom.
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Faith leaders, elected officials call for calm, respect for Muslims
Imam Ammar Amonette said he and the 2,000 members of his congregation at the Islamic Center of Virginia in Bon Air have seen the ugly face of hate in the wake of the recent terror attacks by Muslim extremists in San Bernadino, Calif., and Paris.
