It is beyond time we push anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate into the fringe where they belong, as unacceptable forms of bigotry our society will no longer tolerate. It will take people speaking up when others won’t. Even if your voice shakes.
And it will take each of us acting as one another’s keeper. These days, many of us are exhausted for good reason. Nevertheless, we must resist the ongoing efforts to divide us to the point we deny one another’s basic humanity and right to safety, especially at schools and houses of worship.
Roula Allouch is an attorney, chair emeritus of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and one of the 2023 Enquirer Women of the Year.