{"id":342,"date":"2012-08-12T17:23:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T17:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=342"},"modified":"2012-08-12T17:23:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T17:23:39","slug":"mistaken-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2012\/08\/12\/mistaken-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mistaken Identity&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cMistaken identity\u201d implies that there is a \u201ccorrect\u201d target, and it further implies that hate violence should rightfully be directed at Muslims. This is absolutely unacceptable. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>This quotation is from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/guest-voices\/post\/two-sikh-american-activists-lets-retire-mistaken-identity\/2012\/08\/10\/776ab9d8-e329-11e1-a25e-15067bb31849_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> on <I>The Washington Post<\/I> site yesterday (August 10, 2012) by Valarie Kaur and Simran Jeet Singh.<\/p>\n<p>Well said!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMistaken identity\u201d implies that there is a \u201ccorrect\u201d target, and it further implies that hate violence should rightfully be directed at Muslims. This is absolutely unacceptable. This quotation is from a blog post on The Washington Post site yesterday (August 10, 2012) by Valarie Kaur and Simran Jeet Singh. 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