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In the aftermath of the recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., a dose of that sort of statesmanship is needed as an antidote to escalating bigotry against Muslims living in the U.S. – and as a reminder that America stands against guilt by association.

In the United States, only 0.9% of the population or 1.8 million adults are Muslims.

Conservative and moderate politicians alike, along with their supporting cast of giving billionaires, would have you believe that terrorism is the biggest threat to the American way of life and that terrorists hate each individual American because of their liberty and freedom to think for themselves, act as they wish, and pursue their own dreams and success.

Dr. Muzammil Ahmed, chairman of the Michigan Muslim Community Council, saluted the president for avoiding generalizations about Muslims and Islam when addressing the war on terror. “And, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country”.

And since the Paris attacks last month, the US has seen an ugly outbreak of hate speech and some troubling attacks against Muslims.

Yet not long after the shooting, media outlets were reporting he was a Muslim and had possible ties to terrorist groups who claimed to commit frightful crimes in the name of Islam.

“Especially the Muslim communities with different nationalities, we’ve been educating them about their rights”, Rana said.

Six-in-ten or more also had unfavourable opinions of ISIS in Indonesia, Turkey, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Malaysia and Senegal-all predominantly Muslim countries. “They’re picking up on the anti-Muslim message” and “Call out hate speech when you hear it – if it incites hatred or violence against a specified group, call it out”. A day earlier, a pig’s head was left at the door of a Philadelphia mosque, in the US, the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society mosque. While we, many of us, rely on our faith to stay strong, we are human. The Declaration has been a shining beacon with which America has lighted the world. “If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” . A Facebook official said the post came about the time the couple stormed the San Bernardino social services center. Ali: Killing like that can never be justified. We should never treat everyone in a religion as if they are suspect because of the dark deeds of someone. When my last principal required us all to write up every unit of instruction we used and title each with its essential question, that’s what I chose for unit one. Over 10,000 American Muslims now serve in the US military and are ready to put their lives on the line to protect our freedom and liberties. “I believe the focus should focus on radical Islamic terrorism”. I can choose fear and intolerance, or I can choose hope and openness. He announced no significant shift in strategy and offered no new policy prescriptions for defeating IS, underscoring both his confidence in his current approach and the lack of easy options for countering the extremist group. Are his words not equally appropriate today?

In the petition, faculty and staff say they are committed to addressing racism and Islamophobia in academic units and higher education overall. We need to reclaim it and you’re doing so by speaking up and showing the world what Islam is.

Asked about the president’s urging Muslims to confront extremist ideologies spreading within some communities, Ahussain said the president recognized that Muslims have spoken out against extremism and was asking them to continue to do that. What we weave for our future, we must weave together.