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Federal employee denied promotion because of “foreign influence”

Did you know that the United States Government has an official policy which indicates that federal employees can be denied promotions, and other opportunities for job advancement, simply because they have a friend, relative, or acquaintance in a Muslim-majority country? It’s true. For federal employees, promotions, and other opportunities for job advancement, are highly dependent upon the ability to obtain a requisite security clearance, and such clearances can be denied due to concerns over “foreign influence.”
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In reality, no stereotype

"All-American Muslim is a much needed counter-narrative to negative images of Muslims that seem to saturate the news," says Rugiatu Conteh, outreach and communications director for the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

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Among Libyans in Phila. area, a muted, though joyful response

"I have been monitoring and following Libya all my life," said Osama Al-Qasem, 56, who left the country as a child and lives in Holland, Bucks County. "My father was a lawyer. Life was very pleasant until Gadhafi came to power." Although Al-Qasem was just 12 when he left for boarding school in England, he recalls how the promise of the 1969 coup that began Gadhafi's reign quickly soured.
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