{"id":103,"date":"2004-10-10T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-10T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=103"},"modified":"2004-10-10T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-10T23:42:00","slug":"listen-to-muslim-silent-majority-in-us-csmonitor-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Muslim silent majority in US | csmonitor.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ahmed Nassef <\/em><\/p>\n

“NEW YORK<\/strong> When Americans think of a Muslim American, most probably envision a bearded man or veiled woman, speaking accented English and holding traditional, conservative views of the world.<\/p>\n

Although the reality is much different – most of the nation’s Muslims are American-born converts or second-generation immigrants, not particularly religious, and liberal – you’d be hard-pressed to learn this by watching most Muslim spokespeople in the media.”<\/p>\n

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By Ahmed Nassef “NEW YORK When Americans think of a Muslim American, most probably envision a bearded man or veiled woman, speaking accented English and holding traditional, conservative views of the world. Although the reality is much different – most of the nation’s Muslims are American-born converts or second-generation immigrants, not particularly religious, and liberal … Continue reading “Listen to Muslim silent majority in US | csmonitor.com”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-1F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=115","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":0},"title":"ABC Airs Videotape of Man Making Al Qaeda Threat","author":"Jorah","date":"October 28, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Top News Article | Reuters.com: \"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ABC News on Thursday broadcast a videotape it obtained last week of an English-speaking man who threatens bloody new al Qaeda attacks on the United States, but the network said U.S. intelligence officials could not authenticate the man's voice. 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