Muslim group plans march on Sept. 11

A Muslim group has called for a march on Washington.

Originally called the "Million Muslim March," the newly named "Million American March" is scheduled for Sept. 11.

The American Muslim Political Action Committee is organizing the event and says the march is to bring light to the victims of anti-Islamic bigotry in the years since Sept. 11.

"On 9.11.01 our country was forever changed by the horrific events in New York. The entire country was victimized by the acts done on that day," the group said in a statement. "Muslim and Non Muslim alike were traumatized but we as Muslims continue 12 years later to be victimized by being made the villains. To this day every media outlet and anti Islamic organization has committed slanderous and libel statements against us as Muslims and our religion of Islam."

"Yet our Government either sits idly by and does nothing to protect our freedoms or it exacerbates the problem with its constant war on terrorism in Islamic countries, congressional hearings on Islam in America, and its changes to the NDAA law," the statement says.