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Yuram writes perspectives on Islam, social justice, economics and politics from the viewpoint of an American convert to Shia Islam, focusing on the deleterious role played by the U.S. in the Middle East and elsewhere. A dissenting voice from the “Belly of the
Beast”, he lives in Denver, Colorado and can be reached at yuram@sahafa.com.
This Is My Country?
28 June, 2007
Recently, my son graduated from high school and I had the pleasure of being with him for the entire ceremony. The event started off with the requisite singing of the “Star Spangled Banner,” the US national anthem, and for the first time in my life, I found the courage to sit in protest. Why? Because I’m deeply disturbed by what the flag of United States has come to symbolize to me personally and to other nations in the international community. I’m appalled and disgusted by the hypocrisy the United States displays by violating both domestic and international law,[1] such as by wiretapping without warrants, using torture on prisoners of war and denying a speedy trial to those imprisoned in the name of the “War on Terror,” while lauding itself as the champion of democracy and defender of human rights. After the “Star Spangled Banner,” the choir sang “This is My Country.” I had to ask myself, “Is this my country?”
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