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VOA on American Muslims

November 1, 2004 islamoyankee

Voice of America has a short transcript of a piece on American Muslims. Link via Brown=Terrorist. Hijabman, be aware, Asma Hasan appears in the piece, read it with Tums in your mouth.

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