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Article: American Muslims feel new eyes of suspicion
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
- Article date:
- September 29, 2002
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American Muslims feel new eyes of suspicion -- Minority community finds
it must prove its loyalty
By TERESA WATANABE, Special from the Los Angeles Times
Date: 09-29-2002, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday
More than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, American Muslim leaders
increasingly fear their community is being pushed to the margins of
the American political system.
"On the political scene, we are back to square one," said Hussam Ayloush
of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "In general, there is
a fear that associating too closely with Muslims could be a liability."
Until the attacks, Muslims had been making ...