Fifty-one percent of Americans say they wouldnâ??t vote for a Muslim president. To be clear, thatâ??s 51 percent too many. My fellow Muslims are naturally disturbed by the implications of this sentiment for everyday life, we rightly protest anti-Muslim remarks such as those made by presidential candidate Ben Carson, and we understandably expect solidarity from other communities in challenging such bigotry. But as 53 percent of Americans say that they wouldnâ??t vote for an atheist president, it must be accepted that no communitiesâ??not even my fellow Muslimsâ??are as unpopular in America today as atheists.
Now imagine if you can, that you are a brown, ex-Muslim atheist with a Muslim name. This is perhaps the most persecuted minority-within-a-minority in the world today.
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