This country is for White Christians and if they don't like it
they and their ugly families can go back to their dirty countries. Robert S.
Additional biographical information on each recipient is attached. In 1979 , Havel also co-founded the Committee for the
Defense of the Unjustly Oppressed to help dissidents and their families.

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CONTACT: ICUJP -- Thia Stephan, 626-683-9004, 323-377-8828 , E-mail:
icujp@pacbell. I ask you to
ignore them. He
wrote the now famous "Letter to Husak" in 1975, petitioning the Czechoslovak
president about the toxic effects of one-party rule on the character of the
people. Edwards is a proponent of the separation of church
and state, underscoring the tenet that government has no place within
religion.

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org. Currently, the
Council is developing the First Freedom Center, a world-class facility that
will offer a dynamic visitor experience with state-of-the-art interactive
exhibits exploring the development of religious freedom in America, and
today's related national and international issues.

The Honorable Chet Edwards (National Award) -- Congressman Chet Edwards,
D-Texas, has represented citizens from North Texas, Central Texas and the
Brazos Valley since 1991.

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S. Alley is a strong proponent of clear
separation between church and state.

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To listen to Handel's remarks, go to:
http://www.
ICUJP members are spiritual and secular leaders urgently committed to building
a progressive interfaith movement devoted to actions for justice and peace.

"These three honorees have dedicated much of their professional lives to
the defense of religious liberty," said Tommy Baer, president of the Council
for America's First Freedom."

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2006 First Freedom Award Recipients Announced

S. "They are people of conscience and principles
whose insights and courage have helped deepen our collective understanding of
religious freedom and fortify the foundation of this inherent human right." Edwards believes that we should educate members of Congress and the
American people that the principle of church-state separation was designed to
protect religion, not harm it. Alley is a professor
emeritus of humanities at the University of Richmond, where he taught in the
religion department for 30 years . To whatever degree a form of establishment, no matter
how mild, enters the Constitution through the amending process, free exercise
is dust." Alley has authored and co-authored several books on religion,
government and education, including School Prayer: The Court, the Congress,
and the First Amendment (1994). Alley was the first recipient of the
Virginia ACLU Bill of Rights Award in 1994.

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Michelle Kube, executive director of KFI's Bill Handel Show, replied to
the hate message by writing: "Thanks for the support! We appreciate it!"
CAIR-LA recently called on KFI to reprimand Handel for mocking the deaths
of hundreds of Muslims taking part in the pilgrimage to Mecca. In
the late 1980s as Soviet influence in Czechoslovakia waned Havel played a key
role in the demonstrations that lead to the non-violent collapse of one-party
rule in Czechoslovakia in late 1989, known globally as the "Velvet
Revolution.

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Handel has a history of making Islamophobic remarks.
ICUJP Sponsoring Communities Include: All Saints Church (Episcopal,
Pasadena ) American Friends Service Committee (Pacific Southwest Regional
Office), Baptist Peace Fellowship , Buddhist Peace Fellowship, California Peace
Action, Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence, Christ the Shepherd
Lutheran Church (Altadena), Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
(CLUE), Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church (Social Action Alliance),
Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR ), First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles,
Immaculate Heart Community, Immanuel Presbyterian Church , Islamic Shura
Council of Southern California, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC),
Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church (Pasadena), Pax Christi (Los
Angeles), Physicians for Social Responsibility (Los Angeles), Progressive
Christians Uniting (PCU), Progressive Muslim Union, Santa Monica Monthly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, South Coast Interfaith Council,
Southern California Ecumenical Council, Southern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC), St. Camillus Catholic Church , Temple Kol Tikvah (Woodland
Hills), United Methodist Church (Peace with Justice Committee),Violence
Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles. Havel also co-founded with other dissidents Charter 77, an appeal to
the government to respect the basic human rights and freedoms to which
Czechoslovakia committed by signing the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights in 1975.

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Representative from Waco,
Texas and ardent proponent of the nation's founding principle of church-
state separation, will receive the National First Freedom Award.

Biographical Information
President Vaclav Havel (International Award) -- Vaclav Havel served in
high office for his country twice, from 1989 - 1992 as President of
Czechoslovakia and again from 1993 - 2003 as President of the Czech Republic.

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net; CAIR-LA -- Sabiha Khan, 714-776-1847 or
714-390-0334 e-mail: socal@cair."
Grounded in many diverse faith traditions, and honoring prophetic
perspectives of non-violence, ICUJP's activities promote critical examination,
from the faith perspective, of the costs of violence at home and in the world.

* The Honorable Chet Edwards, seven-term U.

* Dr. The event is by invitation only but is open to members of the
news media.firstfreedom .

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The 12th annual awards, presented in three categories, will be awarded in
Richmond, Va. Alley , professor emeritus of Humanities at the University
of Richmond, noted author and scholarly authority on religion,
government and education, will receive the Virginia First Freedom Award .
National Religious Freedom Day is observed each year on January 16, the
anniversary of the date on which the Virginia General Assembly enacted the
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, the landmark law that first guaranteed
religious liberty and became the precursor for the First Amendment guarantee
of freedom of religion. As
a former dissident he is a passionate advocate for freedom of conscience and
interfaith dialogue globally, particularly through the Shared Concern
Initiative .

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WHAT: Interfaith Leaders Urge KFI Radio to Repudiate Anti-Muslim Hate
Programming

WHEN: Thursday, February 2, at 11:30 a.com

ICUJP says the news conference was prompted by an e-mail from a KFI
employee thanking an anti-Muslim white supremacist for his support. In that same
broadcast, Handel also referred to Islam as a "strange religion." Vaclav Havel is a decorated and honored global public citizen.

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Interfaith Leaders to Hold News Conference Calling
on Station to Repudiate Hate

LOS ANGELES, On Thursday, February 2, Interfaith
Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP)* will hold a news conference
outside KFI-AM 640 radio to urge that station officials repudiate anti-Muslim
hate programming., To commemorate the 220th anniversary
of the nation's first law guaranteeing religious liberty, the Council for
America's First Freedom is presenting the 2006 First Freedom Awards to three
distinguished advocates of religious freedom, individuals who have made
profound contributions to advancing religious liberty around the world, across
the United States and within Virginia.

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This year marks the 12th year in which the Council for America's First
Freedom has sponsored the First Freedom Awards, in conjunction with National
Religious Freedom Day, observed annually on January 16.
Following the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968 Havel was banned from
the theater, his earliest passion, and became more politically active.

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CAIR: CA Radio Station 'Appreciates ' Support of Anti-Muslim Racist

For
more information about the awards dinner ceremony, which is open to the news
media, please contact Maureen Rosenbaum at (804) 643-1786 or
mrosenbaum@firstfreedom . Alley (Virginia Award) -- Robert S.

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ICUJP: Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace was created to
support the work of Faith Leaders from Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic ,
Hindu, Baha'i and other backgrounds who say "Religious Communities Must Stop
Blessing War and Violence. Council for America's First Freedom Hosts 12th Annual Event
Honoring Three Advocates for Religious Liberty

RICHMOND, Va.

About the Award Ceremony
The 12th annual First Freedom Awards will be presented at an evening
ceremony on January 18, 2006 at The Jefferson Hotel, 101 West Franklin Street,
Richmond, Va.

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WHERE: Outside Clear Channel Building (Corner of Olive and Lima),
3400 West Olive Ave. The host
was just being truthful. Past recipients
include Prime Minister Tony Blair of Great Britain; Lawrence Eagleburger,
former Secretary of State; Richard C.

About the Council for America's First Freedom
The Council for America's First Freedom is a 501(c)(3) organization based
in Richmond , Va. For more
information, please visit http://www. Robert S. Dr.

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KFI was forced to apologize after many Muslims
responded to a CAIR alert about the incident. Ambassador to the United Nations; and Dr. The Council also sponsors
the Presidential Proclamation of National Religious Freedom Day (January ),
First Freedom Awards, and the First Freedom Student Competition.

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org/audio/handel. By passing language
saying 'Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion,'
known as the Establishment Clause, our founding fathers were putting religion
on a pedestal so high that the hands of government and politicians could not
reach it.

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In a message headlined "Don't listen to Muslims," a person identified as
"Daniel" wrote to KFI:

"I heard about the campaign against you by the Muslims . In March 2004, he
aired a skit that claimed Muslims have sex with animals, avoid bathing and are
obsessed with killing Jews. Garry
Wills, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He states, "Only complete separation of
church and state, with absolutely no establishment, will guarantee free
exercise of religion. Dr.

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Rather, it means keeping government out of our faith. Congressman Edwards is the winner of the Walter
Cronkite Faith + Freedom Award (2001), "which encourages people of faith and
goodwill to stand up for religious freedom.

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, on January 18, two days following National Religious Freedom
Day, to:

* Vaclav Havel, former president of both the Czech Republic and
Czechoslovakia, award-winning playwright and passionate global champion
of interfaith dialogue and freedom of conscience, will receive the
International First Freedom Award. Holbrooke, chief negotiator of the
Dayton Peace Accords and U. that provides educational programs, materials and information
about religious freedom as an American historical development, as a
contemporary controversy, and as an international human right. In remarks on the House floor speech on religious freedom, he said ,
"Separation of church and state does not mean keeping faith out of government.