JALSA is concerned about the continuing escalation of rhetoric and violence against Muslim centers of worship around the country.  Arson, physical attacks, and graffiti cannot be explained by concerns about the feelings of families of Ground Zero victims.  Right wing commentators and political activists are drumming up the level of rhetoric for their own ends.  This is not in keeping with American traditions of freedom of religious worship, a constitutional liberty that has provided the Jewish community great protection.

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