{"id":2481,"date":"2012-01-02T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/01\/2011-another-hard-year-for-muslims-in-america.html"},"modified":"2012-01-02T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T10:52:00","slug":"2011-another-hard-year-for-muslims-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/01\/2011-another-hard-year-for-muslims-in-america.html","title":{"rendered":"2011 – Another hard year for Muslims in America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

by Abdus Sattar Ghazali<\/p>\n

Where there are Muslims, there are problems.\u201d This alarmingly sweeping comment by the New York Post best reflects the dilemma of the seven-million strong American Muslim community which remains under siege in the post-9\/11 era.<\/p>\n

The New York Post comment came amid heated discussion and opposition to the proposed Sheepshead Bay (NY) Mosque. In a hard hitting article titled \u201cNew Yorkistan? Don\u2019t rule it out!\u201d Shavana Abruzzo wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no denying the elephant in the room. Neither is there any rejoicing over the mosques proposed for Sheepshead Bay, Staten Island and Ground Zero because where there are mosques, there are Muslims, and where there are Muslims, there are problems.\u201d
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by Abdus Sattar Ghazali Where there are Muslims, there are problems.\u201d This alarmingly sweeping comment by the New York Post best reflects the dilemma of the seven-million strong American Muslim community which remains under siege in the post-9\/11 era. 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