Muslim Americans contributed to building America despite persistent Islamophobia.
Evidence
His burial site is full of names like Mohammed, Hassan, Zeinab, Kareem, Marwa, and Fawzia, old and young Muslim Americans, who, like my father, migrated to, lived, and believed in the dream America offered. Like mine did on that day, their families congregated atop a patch of dirt—American dirt—to bid farewell and permanently lay loved ones to rest. Those same families continued to pursue dreams on behalf of the departed, and to give birth to new dreams by forming families and having children, building businesses and institutions, achieving professional and academic success. Muslim Americans of all ages, ethnicities, and generations are buried here, alongside my father, joined by millions of other Muslims buried elsewhere in the United States, who helped construct the very backbone of this nation, made immeasurable and irreplaceable contributions to it, and traveled from long distances and ravaged lands to enrich it—and despite what Islamophobia and its predecessor systems propagate by popular view and law, made this country what it is today. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 535
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 535
- XREF: connects to: Pew and Gallup data show Muslim Americans are fully integrated into US society — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 673; Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 754; Muslim Americans hold nominal but reduced substantive citizenship — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1344 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Most American Muslims condemn extremism and are satisfied with life in America
#corroborates(0.60) - Enslaved Muslims built America’s infrastructure yet still lack reparations
#exemplifies(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 546 - Surveilled Muslim immigrants still assert loyalty to American citizenship
#exemplifies(0.60) - Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims
#complicates(0.50) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 754 - Muslim Americans hold nominal but reduced substantive citizenship
#exemplifies(0.40) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1344