Powerful and moving piece by Deepa Iyer. Please read and share. During a briefing on Capitol Hill this week, Sameera Hafiz, one of the authors of SAALT’s new report, poignantly spoke about the struggles that many community members face in post 9/11 America: What if your place of worship was growing and your religious community wanted to build a new house of worship and your neighbors went to court, a place you associate with seeking justice, to stop you from building your house of worship because they were afraid of you? What impact would that have? What if you took your children to a fundraiser for a domestic violence shelter, and you had to walk through an organized protest of your religion? And the angry protestors were screaming names like “terrorist” at your children? What impact would that have on you? What if a popular way to insult the President of our country was to “accuse” him of being the same religion as you? What impact would that have? What if you arrived at your house of worship and had to hide because a man was shooting at members of your own community? What impact would that have?
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:31:30 +0000
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