It's important to keep the lines of communication open.
It's irresponsible for the top elected official in any state to suggest blanket wiretapping of houses of worship.
It's the position of just about every Muslim leader in the United States that the way you isolate extremists is to engage the mainstream. Unfortunately we haven't seen much of that occurring in this administration.
Just as Americans came together to help the victims of recent Gulf Coast hurricanes, we must do whatever we can to help those suffering from natural disasters in other parts of the world.
Knowing that you've done nothing wrong, that you're not connected to terrorism in any way, yet having the FBI come to your place of work, go to your neighbors, do all of these things, it's a very intimidating process.
No one seems to be criticizing the company itself, but they're most concerned with the religion and ethnicity of its owners. It's what we have to deal with in the post-9/11 era.
The administration quite rightly struck a balanced tone, balancing freedom of expression with responsibility in the media.
The cartoons were published with the stated intent of incitement and insult.
The guy wasn't exactly a rocket scientist. He sent the e-mail with his name clearly indicated in the address.
The Islamic organizations that are part of the task force will do a needS assessment to see what needs there are for the people who are suffering so much in the Gulf Coast and then to evaluate what the American Muslim community can do to meet those needs.
The message they are sending through these kinds of actions is that being Muslim is sufficient evidence to warrant scrutiny.
The people who push most strongly for the policies of the state of Israel are the same people who are out there bashing Muslims.
The stated intent in that instance was political commentary, not to gratuitously insult Muslims. Intent is a big factor in this whole controversy.
Their conclusion would be entirely premature. For this to be treated in a manner that suggests the Army does not take this seriously is only going to further harm our nation's image and interests around the world, particularly the Muslim world.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.