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Officer deaths must not deflect attention from issues

By Mohammad Iqbal Khan
In Human Rights, Islam, Letters, United States
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Originally published in Baltimore Sun   The recent killing of two New York City Police officers is tragic, but it should not be used as an excuse to ignore the issues that have led to it (“Hundreds of Maryland police attend NYPD officer’s funeral Dec. 27). Our country faces a rising problem of police abuse of power, much of which is racially skewed. Consequently, protests have...

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Based on equality

By Haseeb Sheikh
In Human Rights, Islam, Letters, United States
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Originally published in The Dallas Morning News   Michael Jackson once sang, “It don’t matter if you’re black or white,” but apparently it does matter as is evident by the racial tension across America the past few months, starting with the Ferguson case and the subsequent protests. Then came the brutal murders of two New York City police officers. As a member of the Ahmadi Muslim Youth...

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