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Article: American Muslims and 9/11: A community looks back...and to the future
- Article from:
- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Riad Z. Abdelkarim, M.D. is Western Region communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
As our nation approaches the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, American Muslims around the country will join their fellow citizens in pausing and reflecting upon the horrors of that day and its aftermath. While commemorating the event in their mosques, Islamic centers, and schools, America's estimated six to seven million Muslims also will ponder the aftermath of the attacks on their community--and indeed on the larger issue of Islam in America.
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