By Greg Hazley
D.C. PR firm Mirza PR is handling a grassroots push of “average” American Muslims who are mounting a campaign to stem a “rising tide of fear-mongering” in the wake of the lower Manhattan Islamic Center debate.
The group, MyFaithVoice, is planning a press conference on Monday at the National Press Club to unveil a public service announcement to “showcase” American Muslims of various ages and backgrounds.
Mirza PR is headed by Rabiah Ahmed, a former spokeswoman and communications satffer for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
David Hawa, a managing director for Fairfax, Va., ad agency Daze Studios, produced the PSA. "This PSA will give me and other American Muslims the opportunity to talk directly to the American public - free of any fear that politics or agendas are driving the discussion," he said.
A campaign to encourage user-submitted video PSAs will follow the unveiling of the group’s PSA Aug. 30.
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