'Islam Day' should foster understanding

New designation created to counter fear, mistrust in U.S.

I am a Muslim American born to Christian parents and my family has been in this country for more generations than I even know. This should not matter; I should not feel that I have to defend my Americanism simply because I adopted a different faith — but I do.

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Michele Ouansafi is chairwoman of the Women & Education Committee for the Muslim Association of Hawai'i. She wrote this commentary for The Advertiser.