Tag Archives: Mazen Asbahi

Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Ahmed Rehab: Miss USA scrutiny indicates weird obsession with Islam

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Ahmed Rehab

Why must a Muslim person’s faith come up the moment that person breaks through the mainstream in any conceivable way – regardless of relevance or context? And why does it invariably end up linking that person through multiple degrees of … Continue reading →

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Chicago Crescent, Ahmed Rehab: Well integrated Muslims? Yes, but something is still missing

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Ahmed Rehab

It is no secret that Islam and Muslims remain largely misunderstood in the West, including the United States. This is baffling considering that one study after another reveals that American Muslims are largely integrated on a number of levels in American life. There remain two virgin areas that are crucial to our full integration and in which we are still largely viewed as foreign objects.
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Another Slight For Muslims

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Ahmed Rehab

The Asbahi affair is the latest episode in a long list of anti-Muslim blunders that have tainted the 2008 presidential campaign. It makes for a case study that offers ample insight into the nature of today’s Islamophobia. Typically, the cycle begins with allegations of questionable associations leveled against the subject from a dubious Internet source.
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FOX News: Rehab on O’Reilly Factor on Asbahi / Obama

Posted on August 8, 2008 by admin

Ahmed Rehab is on the O’Reilly Factor to respond to false allegations against Obama campaign Muslim liaison, Mazen Asbahi.

“The Asbahi affair is a consequence of the smear and fear, tar and feather anti-Muslim innuendo out there,” Rehab argued. [Video]
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One Key Muslim Voice – Lost

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Ahmed Rehab

This is a victory for the anti-pluralist forces who lurk in the anarchic shadows of the internet where they are at liberty to churn false allegations and conspiracy theories against a vulnerable American Muslim community. They wish to block its efforts to become politically involved alongside America’s other diverse communities, and instead wish to project it as a fifth column growing in our midst. Continue reading →

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