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‘Every move I make, I second guess’: These Muslim and Arab Americans say the surge in hate has made them more vigilant
CNN ^ | Sat November 18, 2023 | Christina Zdanowicz

Posted on 11/18/2023 7:42:27 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

Nicole was walking through an affluent part of Alexandria, Virginia, with a friend last month, when a man approached her and began screaming.

He railed about the hijab she wore, saying she looked Muslim, and made comments about Hamas raping Israeli women, she said. Her friend corroborated the account.

It was just days after the start of the Israel-Hamas war and the encounter left Nicole feeling rattled, worried and frightened. So much so, that she asked CNN to use only her first name, out of fear for her family’s safety.

“I haven’t stopped wearing hijab. I didn’t after 9/11 either,” she told CNN. “If I have one more person scream at me in public and certainly if someone were to threaten me, I think all bets are off.”

Nicole, who is in her 40s, said she’s been wearing a hijab for more than half of her life. And while she’s grown used to stares and occasional comments about her headscarf, Nicole said she fears the growing anti-Muslim sentiment in the US could escalate into violence.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the US is experiencing an “unprecedented” increase in reported anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias incidents in the weeks since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

A week after the Hamas attack, a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy was stabbed to death outside of Chicago. His family’s landlord was charged in what police are calling a hate crime. He’s pleaded not guilty to charges including murder.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christinazdanowicz; fakenews
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1 posted on 11/18/2023 7:42:27 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Fake News


2 posted on 11/18/2023 7:44:29 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The group that uses terror as a weapon now lives in terror. For no reason at all. Because Islamophobia isn’t a real thing.


3 posted on 11/18/2023 7:44:59 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

No video? It didn’t happen, period.


4 posted on 11/18/2023 7:45:41 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: MinorityRepublican

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American_Bund

During the war the German americans wanted to be known as American germans.

Is that happening?


5 posted on 11/18/2023 7:46:07 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is utter bullshit, though typical for cnn.


6 posted on 11/18/2023 7:47:16 AM PST by tomkat
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To: MinorityRepublican

If this happened, why didn’t she whip out her phone and record it?


7 posted on 11/18/2023 7:50:35 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: no-to-illegals

Who knew that the Muslims hate the Jews and vice versa? I am glad I am a Christian, we love everybody.


8 posted on 11/18/2023 7:51:33 AM PST by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The news is reporting “islamaphobia” as being a problem now ONLY to lump it in with the antisemitism news...we surely couldn’t have problems with only the Jewish segment of our society, we have to be fair and say that people are also MISTREATING muslims. Sure!! Let’s see some protests AGAINST them then...Are there any? Isolated perhaps like this story if it’s true. I see women in the grocery store every week, some are employees with the head covering and I have never seen anyone approach them with insults. A few at the deli in the store and a couple at the checkouts...


9 posted on 11/18/2023 7:51:35 AM PST by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Everytime muslims commit horrendous atrocities, liberals warn of the increasing retaliatory attacks on innocent muslims. The fact that it never happens does not dissuade them in anyway.

They have tiny little minds that can only view events through their victim/oppressor lens, even if reality looks completely different to all normal people.

10 posted on 11/18/2023 7:52:10 AM PST by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Go home.


11 posted on 11/18/2023 7:53:31 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: MinorityRepublican

CAIR vs JDL/ADL propaganda wars.

Who can “out-victimize” the other.

Whimper.
Whine.
Sniffle.
Puppy dog eyes at the camera.
Tearful mother either shrieking for revenge.....or suffering in resignation over a still twitching blood drenched waif.

My bet is on the Muzzies.....they will gleefully martyr their own innocents for good press. Jews....not so much.

Aloha Snackbar.

Allah was a moon demoness, and Islam is Satan’s tabernacle.


12 posted on 11/18/2023 7:54:28 AM PST by Lowell1775
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To: alternatives?

Exactly. Every move they make should be on their way back to the Middle East.


13 posted on 11/18/2023 7:55:25 AM PST by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: MinorityRepublican

If you put-upon moslems actually exist, here is my advice for you. Leave this horrible country and go back to the hell-holes you came from.


14 posted on 11/18/2023 7:56:57 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Because Islamophobia isn’t a real thing.

IslamoTruthia

Because you effing inbreds are raping, baby-killing, torturing and murdering pieces of sub-human excrement.

From Gaza to the sea - wipe it clean.

15 posted on 11/18/2023 7:59:25 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: PeterPrinciple

The was an only a minor threat from the Germans who were infiltrating our country because the there was no real unified effort, no cell phones or internet. Times have changed and the Muslims have been preparing for this power grab from within the US for decades, probably half a century. China, with the help of the UN is aiding and abetting the effort. The threat is real and the resentment is maybe justified. It is how the resentment is expressed that could pose a problem.


16 posted on 11/18/2023 8:00:02 AM PST by Eva
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To: MinorityRepublican
Nicole, who is in her 40s, said she’s been wearing a hijab for more than half of her life.

So she converted to Islam as a young mush-brain, no doubt because it was trendy at her leftist university. Too late now. If she tries to leave Islam, she'll be apostate and must be killed. Embrace the suck, Nicky.

17 posted on 11/18/2023 8:03:02 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Eva

So, they are Muslim americans until we start standing up to the situation.


18 posted on 11/18/2023 8:03:33 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh boo hoo, boo hoo.


19 posted on 11/18/2023 8:05:00 AM PST by Wuli ( ,)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Tough shiite baby roaster.


20 posted on 11/18/2023 8:08:56 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
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