Noam Chomsky wrote in his book, Requiem for the American Dream, that the arrival of tax season in America every year should be a time of celebration in this country because it means Americans collectively get to fund the programmes they are excited about. But that is not what happens and it is in reality a sad time because Americans pay their hard earned money in a tax system, which is strongly believed to be corrupt and realistically tilted toward benefitting the richest and taking from the poor and middle class in America. The tax returns are filed just because they have to be done, not because that is something that fulfills the promise of America, not because it makes possible the things Americans care about.

Mosques in America are no different. I go there not because I am excited about it but because I must go, at least every Friday. And I am not excited not because I have some........

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