I would like to thank Andrew Greeley for reminding us that all Americans have ancestors that immigrated here (“Bigots forget own immigrant roots,” Aug. 12). Recent immigrants face hard times today and it is good to know that not everyone is demanding the United States continue supporting actions such as those against Ibrahim Parlak and his family.

I would like to thank Leonard Pitts for his wonderful handling of comments such as those of Rep. Tom Tancredo that do nothing but incite fear and hate (“Inflammatory remarks feed the enemy,” Aug. 2).

In his column “Why politically correct profiling is stupid,” (Aug. 1) Charles Krauthammer writes, “The fact is that jihadist terrorism has been carried out from Bali to Casablanca to Madrid to London to New York City to Washington by young Islamic men of North African, Middle Eastern and South Asian origin.” Using this “fact” to justify ethnic profiling is like using the “fact” that Japan attacked the United States to justify internment camps for Japanese Americans; or using the “fact” that blacks are intellectually inferior to justify segregation.

The July 21 article in the Chicago Sun-Times entitled "Iraqi constitution framers promise to make deadline" warned that Islamic law "could erode women's rights in such matters as marriage, divorce and inheritance." While a woman does have different rights under Islamic law than she does under Western law, using the word "erode" adds a judgment to the status of Muslim women that does not belong in a news article.

Dear Mr. Burt Constable, I am writing in response to your July 2nd column. I appreciate your response to the reader who was attacking your faith and patriotism, and at the same time attempting to rouse anger towards Muslims by painting all issues in black and white.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/8/05) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said that the Fox television network aired a disclaimer Monday night during its drama series "24" stating that American Muslims reject terrorism. SEE: http://www.fox.com/24/

Friday morning, on one of Chicago's main talk radio stations - WLS 890 AM (ABC) - CAIR-Chicago’s communications director, Ahmed Rehab, took on Eileen Byrne, a talk show host whose show precedes the Rush Limbaugh show. Eileen and her callers were throwing accusations and condemnations of Muslims - CAIR in particular - in lieu of CAIR's condemnation of General Mathis' "it's fun to kill" quote.

Dear Ms. Burnett, I received yet another call today.

"Are you Yaser Tabbara?"

Here we go again I thought.

I read with great interest your article entitled "How to Deal with American Muslims" (The Jewish Week, 09/10/04). The same points could have been made by an American Muslim asking how we should deal with American Jews. How ironic is it that our differences are so similar. In a way, that comforts me. There is hope.