PRIOR RESTRAINT: A reporter for the "Forward," a Jewish newspaper, was intimidated into leaving a meeting at the American Muslim Council's headquarters in Washington. He was warned that it would "not be good for your health" to be here.

Could you imagine, I asked him, the outrage that would have followed if an official at a Jewish organization had kicked a reporter from an Arab paper out of an event? He apologized, saying he retracted any comment that I may have found threatening. "Sometimes people flare up," he told me, referring to the crowd. "I just wanted to protect us, the council, and you from that."

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