In the present atmosphere of Islam “spreading their particular love” around the globe, I have a suggestion.
Drop “the hyphen” and take your place as Americans, (since you guys are showing us that you have lived here more than one generation), then maybe we shall talk.
Indeed. Actually I think one of the reasons that there is so much confusion about Arab-American history is that they often don’t push a hyphenated identity that publicly: think about people like Darrell Issa, John H. Sununu, Selwa Roosevelt, and George Mitchell...
What does Islam have to do with this story (which, I'm guessing, you didn't read?)