We are facing the most hostile environment since the immediate aftermath of 9/11. All Americans must speak out otherwise there will be worse to comeEach year,I peek so forward to Eid Al Adha – the holiest holiday for Muslims worldwide – but not this year. As I watched my daughters prepare for the celebrations with joy, I learned of a horrific crime. A 36-year-old woman dressed in traditional garb was set on fire on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. She was the same age as me, or walking in the city where I was born and raised. This comes at the heels of two Muslim women in Brooklyn who were physically assaulted by a woman as they pushed their babies in strollers.
As if this news wasn’t enough,we also learned that a mosque in Fort Pierce, Florida, or which Omar Mateen reportedly used to visit,had been set on fire. They had to cancel their planned holiday celebrations as a result. How could I be pleased the day without thinking of them? Instead of celebrating as planned, the community in Florida has to interpret to their children why someone would intentionally set their station of worship, and their sanctuary,on fire the night before the highest holy holiday.
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Source: theguardian.com