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Lisa Doi: Pilgrims sustain the memory of Japanese American detainment
By Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt — August 31, 2023
(RNS) — A descendant of prisoners at World War II camps dedicated her doctoral research to how the Japanese American community commemorates its forebears' experience.
A young Uighur American cries out for justice
By Yonat Shimron — October 24, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Aydin Anwar, the president of Duke University's Muslim Students Association, rallies on behalf of Uighurs facing persecution in China. It's a lonely cause.
Former Chinese internment camp detainee denied US visa
By Dake Kang — October 21, 2018
BEIJING (AP) — Kazakh national Omir Bekali was asked to travel to Washington in September by the chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
Japanese Americans remember Pearl Harbor backlash and support Muslims
By Megan Sweas — December 11, 2015
LOS ANGELES (RNS) In the wake of the San Bernadino attacks and proposals to restrict Muslim immigration, some Japanese Americans are remembering the backlash against their parents and grandparents after the Pearl Harbor attack in World War II, and are expressing support for American Muslims.
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