Very interesting article from Amina Wadud at Religion Dispatches. She brings up some issues I had wondered about and filled in some blank spots for me relative to Islam in the US. Lots to think about. Read the whole article here.
I never, ever, apologize for terrorism. I never commit it and so I do not bear any personal responsibility for it. This is hard for some people to hear. Just like it is hard for many black people to hear white people say they are not responsible for slavery, since they did not have slaves. Therefore they have nothing to apologize for. In both cases what is said is true. However, the consequences of race-based slavery in America have benefited every white person in America, ever since. The consequences of the terrorist attacks in America on September 11th has not benefited Muslims in America—except for those spokes persons who have literally capitalized on it to promote the “friendly neighborhood” variety. In fact, most of us lost and lost a great deal.
