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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=15053
Confessions of a Muslim Zionist
(Israel Hayom) Judith Bergman - A young Muslim woman from New York, Farhana Rahman, who works for an Israeli startup company, has stirred a small storm with Facebook posts about her experiences on her second visit to Israel. "When Muslim me visited Israel this time around, the country and her people did indeed forcibly steal precious things away from me: My heart, my soul, my loyalty, my dedication, my essence of being....Everyone went out of their way to love me....Everyone of all ages in Israel gave me exceptional, world class treatment." "It's almost crazy how many Muslim women I saw driving, shopping independently, studying, working, and enjoying life in Israel. Freedoms they couldn't even dream of elsewhere in the Mideast. And yes, many of them were all burka'd out to the nines. Also, it's way safer to walk outside late at night in most parts of Israel than in N.Y. Because the people are civil and good....You will be surprised how many other Zionist Muslims I came across there." Rahman later posted about the reactions to her original post. "Muslim Zionists were the ones that sent me the most messages! Tons! They hailed from many Arab countries, South Asian countries, and European countries. Each of them told me of their efforts to spread the truth in their respective communities and social media. It gave me a lot of comfort to know that the younger generations of educated Muslims are indeed stepping up. Our efforts are but a drop in an ocean of madness, but it is something."