Tag: American Muslims
“What we have to do is make sure that we approach this in a comprehensive manner: socially, economically and with partners on the ground,” says Haris Tarin, Washington office director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. More
“What we can do, number one, is to ensure that there’s a counter narrative, that there’s a narrative of life, of positivity,” says Haris Tarin, director the Washington office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. More
“It targets one community, one faith,” says Naeem Baig of proposed legislation to ban US state courts from considering shariah. “It is to create this fear of Islam and Muslims in the larger society.” More
“The questions in the eyes of many other Muslims,” says Georgetown University Islamic studies professor John Esposito, is “are these people really Muslims or not?” More
“Have we healed? Yes, healed with a hole. It’s never a complete healing, but at least there a willingness to write a new chapter of life,” says Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, a New York Fire Department chaplain. More
“This decade has been a time of encountering and engaging Islam in a new way that also causes Christians to think about their own identities and understand God and God’s love for people beyond the Christian world,” says Notre Dame history professor Scott Appleby. More
“There are a great many people invested in supporting American Muslims as part of the American community and interfaith dialogue,” says Syracuse University religion and media professor Gustav Niebuhr. More
Watch excerpts from the March 10 House Committee on Homeland Security hearing and from a news conference held by religious leaders. More
On March 10, Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to open hearings on “the radicalization of American Muslims.” Watch excerpts from a Capitol Hill briefing held in advance of the hearings. More
Despite America’s trials and tribulations, one of the country’s redeeming qualities is that somehow it eventually finds a way to “get it right.” More
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