Are Muslims Treated As Outsiders In Their Own Country? : NPR

March 30, 2012 islamoyankee

Are Muslims Treated As Outsiders In Their Own Country? : NPR.

I think, you know, it’s funny to me. Whenever somebody says that President Obama is a Muslim, I feel like Jerry Seinfeld should pop out with his jazz hands and say, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Nationalism is not anti-Semitism

The New York Times savages “An Icon of Evil,” which equates Muslims with Nazis because of a meeting between the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem with Hitler. Turns out Yitzhak Shamir met with the Nazis in Jerusalem as well. Was he too supporting the Nazis? Or were they both interesting in allying themselves with anti-British forces as a nationalist concern? What about SC Bose of the Indian National Army who also met with the Nazis during WWII. Are Indians Nazi-sympathizers now? I’m not sure using the strategies of the Nazis, to create a new class of untermensch, is really a way…

Mayor Mike Says #Ramadan Mubarak

NYC.gov. “There is no single reason why New York is the greatest city on earth, but chief among them is that the world’s hardest-working people come to achieve a better life for their families and simultaneously enrich and are enriched by their neighbors once here. The start of Ramadan marks the beginning of a time of fasting, prayer and reflection for New Yorkers in all Five Boroughs, and I want to extend my best wishes for this holiest month on the Muslim calendar. Ramadan Mubarak.”

USA Characters Unite – Milia Islam-Majeed

Congrats to Milia. A friend from our Harvard days. USA Characters Unite. While at Harvard she gained the essential knowledge needed to understand and work with members of diverse ethnic, cultural, social, economic, racial and religious communities. Aside from academics, she initiated activities that were both educational and relevant to the times with the goal of serving individuals espousing various faith traditions.

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