Thank you for this timely piece. As an American Muslim, the rhetoric I have to hear on a daily basis makes me sad and depressed more than scared. My family has been here since the 70s, and are all hard working middle-class/upper middle class professionals. We are observant, dutiful Muslims, but also believe that our faith teaches us to respect the laws of the land, wherever we live. The Prophet (pbuh) instructed Muslims to be be good citizens regardless of where they are living. There is no justification to wage war on civilians of a country in Islamic law when you are a citizen of that country, or any other country for that matter. It's absolutely forbidden, no if's and's or buts. This divisiveness being done by the GOP is no better than what ISIS is doing inside iraq and the levant. Us vs them. It must stop. We're better as a nation than these thugs.
Thank you for this timely piece. As an American Muslim, the rhetoric I have to hear on a daily basis makes me sad and depressed more than scared. My family has been here since the 70s, and are all hard working middle-class/upper middle class professionals. We are observant, dutiful Muslims, but also believe that our faith teaches us to respect the laws of the land, wherever we live. The Prophet (pbuh) instructed Muslims to be be good citizens regardless of where they are living. There is no justification to wage war on civilians of a country in Islamic law when you are a citizen of that country, or any other country for that matter. It's absolutely forbidden, no if's and's or buts. This divisiveness being done by the GOP is no better than what ISIS is doing inside iraq and the levant. Us vs them. It must stop. We're better as a nation than these thugs.