Asad Dandia

De­bates about who is a ‘real New York­er’ tend to erase New York’s work­ing class, im­mi­grant res­i­dents.

When the whole world is fac­ing un­prece­dent­ed up­heaval, it is as­ton­ish­ing to sug­gest ‘Is­lam’ alone is in cri­sis.

Joe Biden has to com­mit to go be­yond lift­ing the Mus­lim ban to ad­dress dis­crim­i­na­to­ry poli­cies Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ties face.

They can, but for ex­am­ples we must look to James Bald­win and Stephen Hawk­ing, not the ‘en­light­ened’ Richard Dawkins.