Post by Logan on Jan 31, 2016 21:07:35 GMT -6
Saad Khan just wants to be seen as normal.
The aspiring doctor in his first year at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City grew up in Delaware, watching the way people interacted with him and his Muslim family. Like most Muslims, Khan said, he prays five times a day, does not participate in certain activities like drinking and believes America holds many opportunities for him. It's why his parents immigrated to the United States many years ago, he said.
But he reminded those gathered Sunday at Silverside Church in Brandywine Hundred that the color of his skin or his religious practices shouldn't dictate the narrative of how he is seen in today's world.
"I want you to see me, to see us, to see all Muslims, as normal people," he said. "We're just normal people who want to live our lives."
Read more: www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/01/31/del-groups-call-peace-acceptance-muslims/79611104/
The aspiring doctor in his first year at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City grew up in Delaware, watching the way people interacted with him and his Muslim family. Like most Muslims, Khan said, he prays five times a day, does not participate in certain activities like drinking and believes America holds many opportunities for him. It's why his parents immigrated to the United States many years ago, he said.
But he reminded those gathered Sunday at Silverside Church in Brandywine Hundred that the color of his skin or his religious practices shouldn't dictate the narrative of how he is seen in today's world.
"I want you to see me, to see us, to see all Muslims, as normal people," he said. "We're just normal people who want to live our lives."
Read more: www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/01/31/del-groups-call-peace-acceptance-muslims/79611104/