Posted on Nov 23, 2018
I'm a Muslim U.S. Marine, but am I American enough? | Opinion
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"I came to the United States from Pakistan at the age of six. After a long journey, I finally arrived in New York. But once inside the airport I was too frightened to step foot on the giant escalator—I’d never seen one before. I remember crying hysterically; my mother’s hands full of bags in one and holding onto my younger sisters with the other. She couldn’t help me. But then a woman approached. She smiled, gently took my little hand, and helped me to step on. Suddenly I felt everything was going to be okay. It was as if America was saying, "Welcome to your new home!""
I'm a Muslim U.S. Marine, but am I American enough? | Opinion
Posted from newsweek.com
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Posted 6 y ago
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I did not hesitate to step on my first escalator in the Lazarus Dept store in Columbus, OH when I was 5 or 6 years old.
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the man isn't wrong. all of us who took that oath and put on that uniform did, indeed, swear to defend ALL Americans. White, black, yellow. Baptist, Hindu, agnostic, Muslim. rich, poor. educated, uneducated. we do not and can not draw lines about who we will defend and who we won't. 26 years after being discharged, I still abide by that oath, and I am sure the vast majority of other veterans do the same.
so why aren't our elected officials, people that WE put in office, doing the same? why are so many of them so quick to look at Mansoor Shams, Marine, Veteran, US citizen, and see only the fact that he is a Muslim. Does his religion make him less of an American? does he not deserve the same freedoms that a white, educated, male deserves?
so why aren't our elected officials, people that WE put in office, doing the same? why are so many of them so quick to look at Mansoor Shams, Marine, Veteran, US citizen, and see only the fact that he is a Muslim. Does his religion make him less of an American? does he not deserve the same freedoms that a white, educated, male deserves?
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Sure you are American enough. But remember the last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism or religion!
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