Muslims still face challenges in the United States
Originally published in The National,
Ben Carson, one of the Republican contenders for next year’s United States presidential election, declared this week: “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that.”
Mr Carson’s statement is prejudiced, certainly, but it is helpful that he made it. For years, anti-Muslim sentiment in the US has been on the rise, and it has far too often been denied. The question is what to do about it.
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H A Hellyer, “Muslims still face challenges in the United States,” The National, 24 September 2015, https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/muslims-still-face-challenges-in-the-united-states-1.127091.
Hellyer, H. A. (2015, September 24). Muslims still face challenges in the United States. The National. https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/muslims-still-face-challenges-in-the-united-states-1.127091
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