An American Soldier, who happens to be Muslim - 2.3 English

Imran Siddiqui Urdu VOA News, Fort Hood, Texas.

Specialist Zachari Klawonn is an American soldier--an American Muslim of Moroccan descent and for the past 2 years he's been stationed at one of the largest military installations in the U.S, -- Fort Hood, Texas. Zachari is well respected among his peers and his supervisors according to Zachari, he's being harassed at the base by some soldiers as well as by some in higher ups the chain of command. The reason for this, according to Zachari, is simply because he happens to be a Muslim. But Zachari does not blame the entire institution of military for this behavior and he believes in the liberties, the moral compass and the freedom of religion honored by the U.S constitution. He simply asserts that his objective is to make sure that the system works, so that the next time around, when another American Muslim soldier walks into the military as a private-first class soldier, he doesn't have to face the same issues as him.

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News & Politics

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• American Soldier
• Muslims in America
• U.S Army
• Muslim soldier
• fort hood
• Islam
• Islamophobia
• racism
• Zachari Klawonn
• urdu voa
• imran siddiqui

[fernandesbrandon1]

I'm Atheist, my best friend is a Muslim. I love muslims who respect other's liberty and opinions. Peace to all.

[afghanistanculture09]

Wonderful interview and sad about this racism in America. They are trying to hide the inside job 9/11 and blame it on Islam, however, they were un aware that God loves the truth and truth will aways finds its way out.

[ballistikarena]

@saltofearth60 how in the world you say that many muslims in mideast look for christians to kill

they dont need to look for ,christian arabs are living amongst muslim for centuries

11 million coptic arab christians in egypte and as many all over lebanon syria iran irak yemen morrocco tunisia algeria palestine jordan with theire churches homes and businesses and all no one is looking for them

u need to stop watching chuck norris movies my friend

[ballistikarena]

not man enough or should say soldier enough to tel him in his face what a coward

[ATouchOfMagic88]

@ahmedimran5524 salaam to you my friend, i'm a jew and i very much like muslims, my best friend is a muslim girl (i'm a girl too) and we get along fine...it is sad that some people cannot see that in every religion are bad people and some people just use islam or another religion as a cover for doing horrible things. like the muslim in this video he's a very good men, he should not have to deal with stupid people disrespecting his believes.

[ahmedimran5524]

@fernandesbrandon1 As a muslim i HAVE to respect all other peoples beliefs because if i dont my religion (islam ) rejects me... those who do not respect others beliefs and religion have nothing to do with islam... please get this clear as this will help in future to know who is a real muslim and who is faking it! cheers and respect to u brother!

[erickabeutler]

That was awesome!! thanks for sharing :)

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[XxGameadickxX]

anyone else notice a pattern here? back in 2003, we changed the name of our french fries and french toast to freedom fries and freedom toast after France refused to support us during OIF. World War 2 we changed the name of hamburgers to liberty steaks because we were at war with Germany. It's the same deal all over again, this it's with the arabs.

[overzealousarborist]

@vanillasunshyne he left a threatening note. He didn't have the balls to actually assault him

[saltofearth60]

These guys should stick to the facts and avoid name calling. Unfortunately, the Middle East is made up of many Muslims looking for Christians to kill.

[zalgofre]

I don't realize how any Muslim can be in the U.S military when you have the commander in chief saying its a crusade and saying God told him to invade Afghanistan and are killing there fellow Muslims all over the world and propping up dictators that are oppressing his fellow Muslims for generations and stealing your natural resources