Interfaith

American Muslims Join Japanese Americans in Pilgrimage

A group of 100 American Muslims from California made a pilgrimage to the former Japanese internment camp known as Manzanar War Relocation Center. The participants listened to the stories of the men, women and their children who were held in the camps during WWII. The United States ordered 120,000 Japanese Americans held in 10 camps during the war without allowing them due process. Not one of the detainees was ever convicted or even charged with a crime.

American Muslims pay tribute to the Japanese men and women who were imprisoned based solely on their heritage. The Japanese community has stood by American Muslims as their civil liberties were taken away after 9/11. Every year Muslims pay tribute to those Japanese Americans who fought the injustice done to them and tried to gain the respect and equal treatment that should have been available to all Americans.

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