Discrimination against Muslims in US army: Zachari Klawonn

It’s obvious. Muslims are new Jews in America. All the negativity attached to the term “Antisemitism” is more applicable on Muslims today than it is on Jews.

American society has become extremely anti-Muslim. I wish Muslims could change their direction from West to East Asia. Unfortunately, there is very little chance it will happen.

Army Spc. Zachari Klawonn is exactly the kind of soldier the military says it needs. He’s the son of Kansas-born father and a Moroccan mother, raised as a Muslim and able to speak Arabic. He’s been recognized for his exemplary performance in the Army, and his commanders even identified him as a candidate for Special Forces selection, a road to joining the elite Army unit.

Klawonn, 20, has earned the praise of his fellow soldiers and his commanders, but he said there are others in the military who have offered nothing but abuse. Since he enlisted, Klawonn has perceived a pattern of harassment for his religious beliefs – name calling, threats and worse from both his peers and from officers. The abuse has felt so severe, Klawonn has questioned whether he can endure.

With Klawonn standing alongside 400 new recruits, he said, a drill sergeant read out loud a list of religious services, and when he got to the Islamic service sarcastically asked if anyone planned to attend.

“I raised my hand, and he was shocked,” recalled Klawonn. “Then, he called me out of formation, took me to the front and basically made a mockery of it.”

In the final, most important exercise of basic training, Klawonn’s trainers picked him out of all the soldiers to play the role of a terrorist. He was shocked, as were his friends.

Another time, Jachimowicz said he was with Klawonn when they walked into the laundry room in their barracks on base. According to their account, they found pages ripped out of a book and scattered on the ground. Picking up one of the pages, Klawonn saw the text and realized it was his Koran. Someone apparently had stolen the book from his room and desecrated it.

He said he has been called all kinds of names by his fellow soldiers --** raghead, sand monkey, Zachari bin Laden.**

“They’re all terrible names, but the one that really hits me hard is to be called a terrorist,” Klawonn said. “My heart drops every time I hear that.”

Klawonn said, adding that he even had a bottle thrown at him from a passing car when he was wearing his religious robes.

Then in February, someone did more than just call him a name, he said. At 2 a.m. on a Monday, Klawonn said, he was startled from his sleep by a loud beating sound on his door. Someone was kicking the door so hard, he could almost feel it in his bed. At first, he thought it was some kind of fire drill, but then he cracked open the door.

“A note falls that was wedged in the door,” he said.

It read, ''F–k you raghead, burn in hell."

please move back and take all of your other fellow "muslims" too .. we are already shortage of jobs, for taxi's, cleaning, and other stuff we have indian's/Caribbeans etc...etc

Dude if incident like Major Nadal happen in Pakistan, the outcome would be worst then this !

Re: Discrimination against Muslims in US army: Zachari Klawonn

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/03/23/GA2010032304398.html

You can think about only what people in your company do. Isn't it?
Is this the height of your American dream? Getting abundant jobs of "taxi's (sic), cleaning and other stuff"?

There is a difference between forging closer ties with East Asia and abandoning West altogether. I don't think it is a good idea for Muslims/Pakistanis to abandon the US/Europe.

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Dude if incident like Major Nadal happen in Pakistan, the outcome would be worst then this !
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Discrimination against him started before the incident of Major Nadal happened.

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