Voices that make America great (Chicago Tribune)
Posted in Letters to Editors, Print on Jun 2nd, 2010
I write this as a Muslim, as an American, as a husband and, most important, as a father of an 11-year-old daughter who is anxious to wear a head cover when she grows up to be a NASA scientist.
Our recent vacation in France reminded us one more time of the freedoms we enjoy as Muslims and as Americans.
But voices like Tribune columnist Steve Chapman’s make America a great nation (“The folly of banning burqas; Free society requires mutual tolerance,” Commentary, May 23).
His commentary is dead-on.
His arguments are cogent.
His thoughtfulness exudes mutual respect and a deep...
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