This post was inspired by a particular exchange with a friend online, but is intended for every one of my friends who is tempted to respond to the violence in Paris by blocking all Syrian refugees from coming to the US, screening immigrants by religion, or painting all Muslims with the same brush. Dear Friend, We recently had aContinue reading “Let’s Not Paint All Muslims With the Same Brush”
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Fear and Compassion: Moving Beyond the 9/11 Era
In March of this year, when Congressman Peter King (R-NY) held hearings about the professed increasing “radicalization of Muslim-Americans”, I was living in the West Bank. I first heard about the hearings through Al Jazeera’s English TV program. An Al Jazeera correspondent interviewed a woman who said that she is afraid of radical Islam, andContinue reading “Fear and Compassion: Moving Beyond the 9/11 Era”