Essay: The Muslim camel handler who helped chart America's 'Mother Road'

Essay: The Muslim camel handler who helped chart America's 'Mother Road'

The tomb of camel driver and Army scout Hadji Ali in Quartzsite, Arizona. (Phot courtesy of the Arizona Department of Transportation) Whenever the U.S. is at war in the Middle East, which has not been infrequent in the past two-and-a-half decades, Americans seem unable to resist demonizing Islam. In March, Tennessee Congressman Andrew Ogles insisted, “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” Similar statements have come from the president, Ogl…