Islam in America: Pardon Me, But Your Hate Is Showing
Riad Z. Abdelkarim, MD, is Western Region Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Much to the dismay of American Muslims, verbal attacks on Islam and Muslims by conservative commentators, religious clergy, and elected officials are increasing in our nation at an alarming rate. These recent attacks on the faith of Islam and American Muslims--which have escalated dramatically since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks--threaten to overshadow the repeated statements of President George W. Bush and other administration officials that the current campaign against terrorism is not a war on …