Brennan Center for Justice

Faiza Patel, director of the Liberty and National Security Program, discusses the uproar over a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan on WBAI's Asia Pacific Forum. The controversy shows no signs of abating and is shaping up to be a divisive issue in the upcoming mid-term elections. Ms. Patel is joined by Moustafa Bayoumi, an associate professor of English at Brooklyn College, CUNY, an editor of Middle East Report, and the author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America.