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Muslims shoulder double standards

By MAC Youth | Published: October 23, 2010
by Lena Hassan This past September marked the ninth anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11. Like everyone else, emotions flooded back as I reflected on the years since the disaster. After 9/11, the world was told not to let the terrorists “win” by living in fear. Nine years later a Time magazine poll found [...]
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Moderate Muslims not newsworthy

By MAC Youth | Published: December 19, 2009
by Lena Hassan Whether you call it Islamophobia or just plain reporting, Muslims are in the news and except for 20-second sound-bites from a local Eid celebration, it’s not good. There’s the persistent and popular debate on the hijab and Muslim women in general. There are wars waged or threatened in Muslim countries such as [...]
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Big responsibilities, small acts of faith

By MAC Youth | Published: November 16, 2009
by Lena Hassan I’ve never been one for sound bites. These little excerpts, intended to widen our worldview in a matter of seconds, actually narrow our outlooks and frames of reference. As a Muslim, I feel inundated by sound bites from both sides of the fence. Islam is “the fastest growing religion” and a “religion [...]
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