A Muslim’s response to 9-11, and two excellent recent Mormon gestures

A Muslim’s response to 9-11, and two excellent recent Mormon gestures December 13, 2015

 

Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan grave marker
Image provenance unclear, circulating in social media

 

I thank K. G. Budge for bringing the image above to my notice.

 

Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan was an American soldier, born in New Jersey, who died fighting for his country in Iraq.

 

He was twenty years old.

 

He was a Muslim.

 

Read about him here.

 

And he’s not the only Muslim soldier in the American military.

 

U. S. Muslim soldiers praying
A group of American Muslim soldiers mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in 2009
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)
Click on the image to enlarge it.

 

On another, related, topic:

 

Below are links discussing two admirable Latter-day Saint responses to the flood of anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic sentiments that has arisen, understandably but regrettably, in the wake of the despicable murders in San Bernardino:

 

“The Specific Reason Why Mormons Didn’t Stay Quiet After Trump’s Muslim Proposal”

 

“GOP Senator Visits Mosque To Show That Republicans Aren’t All Like Donald Trump”

 

 

 


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