Hisham

Submitted by Zella (United States), Jul 3, 2008 at 22:33

Please elaborate on what you mean about reading one's culture. Some of us who post on this blog have studied the history of the Middle East and Islam and some of us also have ancestors who were Muslims. Many of the slaves from Africa were Muslims. The Spanish brought Turkish and Portugese slaves who were Muslims to the United States many years ago. I have a picture of my great grandmother wearing a scarf and abaya. Islam is nothing new in this country. I don't just look at the news or read an article about extremists and say, "hey, that's the way those people are". As a matter of fact there is a Qur'an right here on the hutch of my desk. I have a library full of books on Middle Eastern Studies and Islam. I am not stupid by any stretch of the imagination.

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