Saturday, September 05, 2009

Delays in Muslims’ Cases Spur Interfaith Call to Action

About 150 members of a particular mosque have all hit roadblocks in their quest for green cards or citizenship. The interfaith community has called for an explanation. - - Donna Poisl

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Early one morning last June, fully two hours before his appointment, Mustafa Salih arrived at a federal office here in the Washington suburbs. He wore the new suit he had bought for the occasion. A friend, accompanying him, carried a camera to record the event. Mr. Salih had not slept the previous night.

High emotion was not supposed to be the province of a middle-aged accountant, which was exactly what Mr. Salih was. But on that particular morning, he was scheduled to be sworn in as an American citizen, the culmination of a process that had begun when he immigrated from Sudan in 1991.
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