For Muslim politicians, running for office is the American way – CNN.com

Quiz: Blaming America for 9/11. It turns out that a number of prominent conservatives have also criticized America regarding the horrific terrorist attacks on 9/11. But somehow their critiques have escaped conservative rebuke, while critiques from others have been slammed. via Center for American Progress

Trump’s Muslim Ban and the History of Stolen Citizenship in America | Religion Dispatches. As historians of South Asian America, we know that having your citizenship stripped because of the color of your skin is not unusual in our history. The United States has a long history of racism being encoded into law, and manifesting in law, on a regular basis. The story of internment of Americans of Japanese descent is perhaps the one that is most recent in our collective memory, partly because of George Takei’s tireless work to keep those stories alive.

Muslim Employees: Valuable but Vulnerable. For many U.S. Muslims, the American dream is fading as they endure the fear and suspicion that their religion, race or national origin seems to generate. Yet, to many employers’ credit, the sensationalist attitudes reflected in some news reports typically don’t carry over to the workplace.