US Muslim Organization Puts up Billboard That’s Turning Heads

A Muslim-American organization has taken a bold step to strike at ISIS while at the same time defending Islam.

A billboard that reads, “HEY ISIS, You SUCK!!!, From #ActualMuslims,” was erected on a busy Chicago highway by the Sound Vision Foundation. In the top right corner it reads: “Life is sacred. Quran 5:32.”

Leena Suleiman, director of creative engagement for the nonprofit organization, explained the reason for the billboard, saying, “We launched the campaign in light of the constant pressure on American Muslims to condemn ISIS, especially since Muslims are the biggest victims of ISIS.”

She went on to say the billboard is meant to convey that ISIS does not represent the religion of Islam.

Suleiman remarked that while the response within the Muslim commuity has been positive, the larger response will be harder to gauge.

The billboard, she said, also represents the frustrations faced by Muslims striving for a peaceful existence who are put in the same category as ISIS terrorists.

According to Sound Vision’s executive director, Mohammad Siddiqi, the money for the billboard was raised by a group of concerned Muslim-American professionals.

Suleiman said in an interview with Chicago’s WMAQ-TV, “Obviously Muslims know that ISIS sucks, so the main audience is people who are not Muslims.” She continued, saying non-Muslims need to know that Muslims are not OK with ISIS.

When the billboard was posted on Twitter, people were quick to respond.

One person tweeted:

Learn from #ActualMuslims about Islam – not from people who have hatred for Islam. The real Islam is beautiful.

— Butter Chicken (@MozzamTweets) August 5, 2016

Another person wrote:

I love the #ActualMuslims billboard. We need to stop punishing an entire religion for a segment who hijack it for their own malevolence.

— Jackie Weinstein (@jack_weinstein) August 5, 2016

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