Since the often violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri that broke out in the wake of the police shooting of Michael Brown, it’s been known that Muslim organizations and activists have expressed sympathy and support for the protestors. As noted in a post on thedailybeast.com in late August: The shooting of Michael Brown and the heavy-handed response by the police that followed has struck a nerve among Muslims. It has motivated American-Muslim leaders to speak out publicly in ways we hadn’t seen before on police misconduct directed against African Americans. The writer of that post , who identifies himself as...
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