U.S. Biased Against Islam, Muslim Leader Says
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NEW YORK — A U.S. Muslim leader says there is “a Judeo-Christian prejudice against Islam that tries to keep Islam outside the mainstream of American life.”
M. T. Mehdi, secretary-general of the National Council on Islamic Affairs, wrote identical letters to New York Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders, charging Muslim exclusion from a Christian-Jewish radio program.
He said religious discrimination in America first was against Catholics, then Jews and added: “Islam is the last monolithic religion coming to America and there is a Judeo-Christian pattern of prejudice and discrimination against Islam.”
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