I don’t believe I live in a country where Muslims are seen as ordinary human beings. It’s nearly impossible for the media to have a serious discussion of Islam in America; when they try, they’re seen as “sympathizers.” Journalists with bigoted views toward Muslims are allowed to say whatever they want with impunity; just look […]
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Is This America?
Yesterday, referring to the hate speech run amok against Muslims in this country, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof asked the question, “Is this America?” Citing the recent words of bigot de l’année Marty Peretz of The New Republic, Kristof wonders aloud where all of the lessons learned in the past say, sixty years, have […]
Could someone please explain to me why American Muslims–a great number of whom live in New York–should be concerned with the feelings of an Alaskan when it comes to an Islamic community center (not a mosque, a community center) being built in Manhattan? I don’t understand why Cordoba House is a problem, I don’t understand […]