![]() ![]() It’s just disrespectful and offensive that there are still people like this out there. “There are millions of Muslims in the world and even in DuPage Township we have a large Muslim population, and people don’t even know it was just Ramadan? I practice my religion, but I’m also making sure that I am fulfilling my duties in public office. “I just think it’s so ignorant,” Townsend said. She said she heard similar discriminatory remarks when she was running for trustee, and that her family has also been subjected to some negativity from the community. She works for the township part time while working full time as an executive assistant for a health care company CEO. Townsend lives with her family in Bolingbrook, which she said makes up most of DuPage Township along with small parts of Naperville and Romeoville. She said she is “100% very proud and very vocal about it.” Townsend said both her parents are first-generation immigrants from Palestine and that she wears her religion and her culture on her sleeve. I want my 7-year-old American Muslim daughter to grow up and not have to experience any of this bigotry, and that only happens if we play an active role in our communities without shying away from our faith and our backgrounds.” There is no America without American Muslims. ![]() “Not only are Muslims part of this country, but this country never existed without Muslims. ”There isn’t a single piece of this country’s major history that Muslims were not a part of,” Rashid said. ![]()
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