Crescent concerns
A few cracks in tolerance for Muslims in America
AMID all the accusations about America's human-rights record in Iraq and Guantánamo Bay, defenders of the administration have often pointed to the general lack of discrimination against Muslims at home. After September 11th, George Bush went out of his way to defend American Muslims. Yet complaints about harassment and discrimination in America are growing.
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