Saturday, August 13, 2016

Thanks, Trump: The Muslim community benefits from an unexpected spotlight

I, an American Muslim, want to thank Donald Trump.

I am not one of his supporters. No way, never. He might even think I am one of his many nemeses: Born in Baghdad and brought to this country by my parents in 1964 as they fled the persecution of a military dictatorship, I believe that Islam’s place is America. In America, Muslims can practice their religion more freely than any other country in the world, including Muslim countries.

I am both Muslim and American. I don’t have to choose one or the other. Yet many Americans don’t understand that....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/08/08/thanks-trump-the-muslim-community-benefits-from-an-unexpected-spotlight/#comments


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