SWK 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jewish Defense League, Meir Kahane
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Muslim americans (p. 129): the opening paragraph of this section describes thomas jefferson requesting a copy of the quran in the 1700s as he was a curious reader and was open to others" right of worship. In 2007, the first muslim-american to be in congress swore on that same book. Muslims have been in the us for over 400 years, and today nearly 4 million. Muslims call america home: mosques have been built as far back as 1934 in the us, and over 2,000 exist on. First person: i am the son of a terrorist: here is how i chose peace (pp. 135): this section is told from the point of view of someone who was the son of a terrorist, whose father assassinated rabbi meir kahane, the leader of a jewish defense league. He talks about growing up as a young child the home seemed pretty normal until about the age of 7.
