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Heidi Campbell, D-Oak Hill, represents District 20 in the Tennessee Senate.
In June, several lawmakers excoriated Dr. Lisa Piercey, Tennessee’s commissioner of health, during a government oversight meeting. Her purported crime? Encouraging newly eligible Tennesseans to get vaccinated from COVID-19.
And today we learned that Tennessee s top vaccine official, Michelle Fiscus, was actually fired for simply doing her job well.
In a statement Monday, Dr. Fiscus shared her concerns for the future of our state: “ . it was MY job to provide evidence-based education and vaccine access so that Tennesseans could protect themselves against COVID-19. I have now been terminated for doing exactly that.”
Imam Ossama Bahloul, Ph.D., is the resident scholar of the Islamic Center of Nashville.
On Thursday,1.9 billion Muslims will be celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr. For most it is a day of joy, family and community.
Unfortunately, for too many this Eid Al Fitr will be filled with mourning and sorrow; it will overflow with bitterness, anger and frustration that follows those victims of injustice in our world.
During this holy month of Ramadan, in addition to “everyday” injustices, here is some of what transpired:
There have been multiple aggressions on the premises and prayer halls of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and on its peaceful worshippers by Israeli Settlers;