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Source: Haaretz
By Haroon Moghul; Author of The Order of Light and How To Be a Muslim: An American Story. Public speaker. Broadcaster. Essayist.
It’s hard to keep track of all of Donald Trump’s many offenses, but his recent comment to CNN’s Anderson Cooper, is worth bookmarking: “I think,” the billionaire mused, “Islam hates us.” Pushed, Trump admitted he didn’t know if this was a current phenomenon, or some deeper enmity embedded in the religion itself. He kind of just left it there to inflame the base.
There have been many good responses to Trump’s anti-Muslim disparagement, including this latest bit, from arguments that American Muslims are loyal citizens of their country to comparing the Bible and the Qur’an’s approach to violence to pointing out the dangerous implications of his statements. But in all of this we miss an obvious question.
One a lot of Muslims around the world find themselves asking. It’s just five words, too. Five deceptively simple words.
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