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Article: A NEW AGENDA FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2002
- Author:
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IT HAS BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCE TERRORISTS HIJACKED AMERICAN
AIRPLANES AND CRASHED THEM INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE
PENTAGON. FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS, THESE HAVE BEEN TORTUOUS MONTHS.
Like all Americans, American Muslims have been shocked and sickened
by the horrific attacks. But unlike other Americans, Muslims have
been wrestling with a gnawing combination of fear and guilt.
On the one hand, we fear that in the fallout of the attacks, our
fellow citizens will regard us with suspicion.
On the other, we know that for far too long, many of us have
remained silent while loud voices of hatred and acts of terror
emanated from parts of the Muslim world.
So how can we navigate in the ...