As the Israel-Hamas war unfolds, Muslim Americans struggle for understanding
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🗓️ 5 May 2024
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It's now been nearly seven months since Hamas attacked Israel, killing nearly 1200 Israelis and taking over 200 hostage. Since then, the Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, have executed a devastating bombing campaign and sent in ground forces to "eradicate" Hamas. The death toll in the Palestinian enclave is staggering, with more than 34,000 killed, according to the Gaza health ministry.The majority of those killed are women and children. The health ministry says the sheer scale of the tragedy unfolding in Gaza is unprecedented. The UN estimates that more than 70% of Gaza's 2.3 million residents have been displaced. Food and medical supplies aren't nearly enough to meet the needs. Meanwhile, in the U.S., Islamophobia and anti-Muslim incidents have surged. Nihad Awad, co-founder and national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy nonprofit joins The Excerpt to share his thoughts. For a different perspective, please see last Sunday's episode which features Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League or ADL, a Jewish civil rights organization.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Hello and welcome to the excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Sunday May 5th |
| 0:17.0 | 2024. In this episode we are featuring an interview with Nijada Wad National Executive Director of the Council on American |
| 0:25.9 | Islamic Relations. |
| 0:27.5 | For a different perspective, we invite you to also listen to last Sunday's episode, which |
| 0:32.0 | featured Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation |
| 0:35.9 | League, a Jewish Civil Rights Organization. |
| 0:39.2 | Now on to today's show. |
| 0:41.5 | It's now been nearly seven months since Hamas attacked Israel, killing |
| 0:46.2 | nearly 1,200 Israelis and taking over 200 hostage. Since then, the Israeli defense forces, or IDF, have executed a devastating bombing |
| 0:56.3 | campaign and sent in ground forces to quote unquote eradicate Hamas. |
| 1:01.8 | The death toll in the Palestinian enclave is staggering, with more than 34,000 |
| 1:07.6 | killed according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The majority of those killed are women and children, the health ministry says. |
| 1:15.0 | The sheer scale of the tragedy unfolding in Gaza is unprecedented. |
| 1:19.7 | The UN estimates that more than 70% of Gaza's 2.3 million residents have been |
| 1:25.3 | displaced. Food and medical supplies aren't nearly enough to meet the needs. |
| 1:30.6 | Meanwhile, here at home, Islamophobia, an anti-Muslim incident have surged. |
| 1:36.7 | I'm now joined by Nijadawad, co-founder and National Executive Director of the Council on American |
| 1:43.1 | Islamic Relations or Care, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy |
| 1:47.5 | nonprofit. Thanks for being on the excerpt, Nijad. |
| 1:50.9 | Thank you for having me, Dana. Let's start with the pro-Palestinian protests, which are still |
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