{"id":616036,"date":"2024-04-08T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/senators-dont-let-the-islamophobic-agenda-targeting-adeel-mangi-win\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:30:00","slug":"senators-dont-let-the-islamophobic-agenda-targeting-adeel-mangi-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/senators-dont-let-the-islamophobic-agenda-targeting-adeel-mangi-win\/","title":{"rendered":"#Senators: Don\u2019t let the Islamophobic agenda targeting Adeel Mangi win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/mangi_adeel_12132023_AGettyImages-1845874276.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>            <iframe title=\"Audio Article\" id=\"instaread_iframe\" name=\"instaread_playlist\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" style=\"display:block\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re living in<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/08\/07\/americans-disagree-political-issues-divide-gallup-poll\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/08\/07\/americans-disagree-political-issues-divide-gallup-poll\">very divisive political times<\/a>. But even now, Americans say we still share values that include aspiring to become a country where all can succeed regardless of race, gender or religion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fulfilling this promise has always been a challenge, even as most of us keep trying to progress toward this vision of the American Dream. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>So, it\u2019s deeply disturbing to see what\u2019s h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening to federal judicial nominee<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/15\/politics\/biden-judicial-pick-first-muslim-american-federal-appellate-court\/index.html\">\u00a0Adeel Mangi<\/a>, whose personal story has always exemplified the American Dream, and who is now being forced to endure ugly religious bigotry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mangi is a<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbwt.com\/adeel-a-mangi\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbwt.com\/adeel-a-mangi\">highly qualified lawyer<\/a>\u00a0who emigrated to this country and built a family and a respected career. He chose American citizenship because of his love for our democracy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Biden nominated him for a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a fitting honor for a Harvard-educated lawyer well-known for winning<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbwt.com\/adeel-a-mangi\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbwt.com\/adeel-a-mangi\">record financial awards<\/a>\u00a0for clients in complex cases and<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/we-re-going-stand-ourselves-why-lawyer-sued-two-towns-n854096\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/we-re-going-stand-ourselves-why-lawyer-sued-two-towns-n854096\">his pro bono work<\/a>\u00a0on religious liberty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, we\u2019re watching him being hounded by some of the most mean-spirited, bigoted attacks imaginable by people who are weaponizing Islamophobia against him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Worse, we\u2019re watching<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/19\/opinion\/islamophobia-democrats-adeel-mangi.html\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/19\/opinion\/islamophobia-democrats-adeel-mangi.html\">people who definitely should know better<\/a>\u00a0being influenced by these attacks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appallingly\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/14\/politics\/adeel-mangi-nomination\/index.html\">asked<\/a>\u00a0Mangi at his confirmation hearing if he supported terrorism and the 9\/11 attacks, and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/muslim-judicial-nominee-adeel-mangi-republicans_n_657c8262e4b08e9b410a2ae3\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/muslim-judicial-nominee-adeel-mangi-republicans_n_657c8262e4b08e9b410a2ae3\">demanded to know<\/a>\u00a0if Mangi thought Israel was a \u201ccolonial state,\u201d it was disgusting but somewhat predictable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>When the far-right Judicial Crisis Network opened up its enormous checkbook<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/2024\/02\/conservative-judicial-crisis-network-tries-keep-nj-attorney-off-third-circuit-court\/\">\u00a0to fund ads<\/a>\u00a0making outrageous accusations of antisemitism, it was, again, in character for a group that plays dirty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When political agitators started claiming, falsely, that this nominee served on the board of a nonprofit for families of the incarcerated because he\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/what-they-are-saying-police-groups-oppose-third-circuit-nominee-adeel-mangi-for-his-ties-to-cop-killers\">supports \u201ccop-killers\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 something Black and brown people recognize instantly as a familiar racist trope \u2014 it was highly unsettling.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But now we\u2019re hearing that somehow these cheap shots are finding a mark, causing the nomination to be<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/advocacy-labor-groups-pressure-senate-to-confirm-embattled-third-circuit-nominee-mangi\/\">\u00a0\u201cembattled<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Where is the political will to stop this?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scores of civil rights groups\u00a0have come out to support Mangi and push back against the attacks.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncjw.org\/news\/ncjw-leads-15-jewish-organizations-in-support-of-adeel-mangi-to-the-third-circuit-court\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncjw.org\/news\/ncjw-leads-15-jewish-organizations-in-support-of-adeel-mangi-to-the-third-circuit-court\/\">At least 15 Jewish groups<\/a>\u00a0have condemned the charges of antisemitism.\u00a0More than half a dozen law enforcement groups\u00a0have gone public with their support, countering the caricature of this mild-mannered nominee as some kind of vicious cop-hater.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And many op-eds and extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/2024\/02\/conservative-judicial-crisis-network-tries-keep-nj-attorney-off-third-circuit-court\/\">coverage<\/a>\u00a0have shined a light on the disreputable motives and the money behind the attacks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>So it\u2019s not as if senators lack reliable information about the nominee or his attackers.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What some do lack, at this moment, is courage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s a serious problem because the message being sent and received loud and clear by legal stars who are also Muslims is that their trajectory is limited. You can\u2019t aspire to the tremendous honor that is the highest federal bench short of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals (where Mangi\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/biden-nomination-first-muslim-american-federal-appeals-court-peril-rcna144505\">would be the first Muslim judge<\/a>). You can only get so far and accomplish this much before religious bigots will try to shut you down.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>I hope this Senate won\u2019t let that be the takeaway from the Adeel Mangi nomination. That would be a deep injustice and betrayal of what we claim to be our values, not just for one nominee but for our democracy and our society.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still time for the Senate to do the right thing and confirm Mangi. To not do so would be to take a big step backward in our progress toward an America where racism, sexism and religious bigotry no longer limit our dreams.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Svante Myrick is president of\u00a0<\/em><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pfaw.org\/home\/\">People for the American Way<\/a><\/em><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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