PK, my friend, do you know anything about Sami Al-Hajj? He was not captured on a battlefield with a gun in his hand, but a camera. He's a journalist. Not a radical, not a jihadist, not a warrior, not a soldier, not a fighter, not a killer. A JOURNALIST.

I fear you hear a Muslim name and immediately assume the bearer of that name is a potential suicide bomber. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I hope you really don't believe that. I've met many Muslims in my life and all of them were great human beings. In fact, a Syrian boss of mine was one of the gentlest, kindest, most charitable men I've ever met. And yes, he prayed 5 times a day while facing Mecca.

And I would be h...

PK, my friend, do you know anything about Sami Al-Hajj? He was not captured on a battlefield with a gun in his hand, but a camera. He's a journalist. Not a radical, not a jihadist, not a warrior, not a soldier, not a fighter, not a killer. A JOURNALIST.

I fear you hear a Muslim name and immediately assume the bearer of that name is a potential suicide bomber. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I hope you really don't believe that. I've met many Muslims in my life and all of them were great human beings. In fact, a Syrian boss of mine was one of the gentlest, kindest, most charitable men I've ever met. And yes, he prayed 5 times a day while facing Mecca.

And I would be honored to have Sami Al-Hajj as a house guest, but my best guess is he has no great desire to ever come to this country considering his false imprisonment and torture at American hands at Gitmo.