"But if the Catholic experience in the United States holds any lesson it is that becoming American also means asserting one’s constitutional rights, fully and forcefully, even if that assertion is occasionally taken to be insulting."
My gods, yes! It means refusing to accept that "Muslim" and "American" are mutually exclusive terms.
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Date: 2010-09-19 04:10 am (UTC)My gods, yes! It means refusing to accept that "Muslim" and "American" are mutually exclusive terms.