“Yes. A Muslim man blew me up, and I lost my leg. A Muslim man also lost his arm that day wearing a British Uniform. A Muslim medic was in the helicopter that took me from the field. A Muslim surgeon … saved my life” …
… while “roughly 5,900 U.S. service members who self-identify as Muslims … are finding a climate that is significantly worse than anything they experienced after the Sept. 11th, 2001, attacks”:
- For Muslims in the U.S. Military, a Different U.S. than the One They Swore to Defend (Washington Post)
MuslimGirl’s founder knows that “the headscarf is a symbol of resistance: against Islamophobia, against the imposition of societal expectations, against the violent erasure of our bodies” and she’s grabbed businesses’s by their profit margins:
“Muslim leaders are ‘concerned about radicalization like any other community,” but shouldn’t “be singled out as the go-between between government and law enforcement efforts to stop radicalization,” according to ADL’s Oren Segal:
Identifying himself “as someone who has never been accused of political correctness,” Muhammad Ali reminds us that as “a man of truth, I wouldn’t be here to represent Islam if it was really like the terrorists make us look” …
… now, meet your Muslim neighbors …
… and your Muslim doctor:
“Five schools were hit between August and October 2015 in aerial bombardments that killed five civilians and injured 14, including four children, said the rights group”:
- Bombing of Yemeni Schools by Saudi-led Coalition Leaves Thousands Out of Education: Amnesty (Reuters)
Sen. “Leahy said afterward that he was ‘amaze’ that four Republicans voted against barring religious tests, adding that he believes such a standard for entry could have prevented his grandparents from getting into the country”:
- Amendment on Trump’s Muslim Ban Splits GOP (Politico)
What? Not a single beheading??? What kind of Muslims are these? …
… But surely the Founding Fathers didn’t intend to include Muslims when they called for religious freedom…! Well, actually, they did — explicitly, and whether they liked them or not:
- The Fascinating History of How Jefferson and Other Founding Fathers Defended Muslim Rights (Washington Post)
In “the Bible: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God.’ Or the Quran: ‘… [W]e all are Allah servants, make and spread peace….’Â The message is the same. God wants us to live together in peace”:
- Faith in Islam—and in America (Observer)
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