“In some ways, the primary relevance of my ethnic background to the work I do is its irrelevance,” she said. “By that I mean that anyone who knows the broader American-Muslim community knows that it rejects the distorted version of Islam that terrorist groups use to justify acts of mass violence,” she continued. “And so it should not be surprising to find members of that community participating in counterterrorism efforts, as you do across many different federal agencies,” she said, adding, I’m not unique. It’s in keeping with broader values and patriotism of the American-Muslim community.” According to Ahmad, “many American-Muslims feel that it’s their own culture and their own community that are being hijacked, which makes it a particularly important goal for them to hold accountable the perpetrators of terrorism.”
anyone believe a word of this?
