12-21-2006, 05:07 PM
Bismillah
"I heard that!"
Sweet.
"For muslims in America, it is mostly imagined."
Since I am one, I think that I can safely say that SOME is imagined, not all and not that majority of it either. I have personally experienced it myself. It was more on an individual level, not institutionalized discrimination. Alhamdulillah, that is illegal here. I have also had to be the voice of reason for a couple of brothers at times of... let's just say oversesitivity. But this hypervigilance can be seen in some African-Americans and American Indians. Discrimination is experienced and then that makes one more aware of its recurrence. I believe this is what has occurred in the muslim world.
"In this particular case, I believe this woman to be set up to foment discourse in the community."
Yet if a muslim on this board makes this claim about any of the articles that you post, they are considered blind and biased. But if you believe that you are being as objective as possible, then how can I argue with that?