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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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

The Hijab isn’t worn until after they’re married.

The idea is that they want to attract a husband but when they marry they must cover their hair from other men.


21 posted on 11/18/2023 8:09:30 AM PST by David Chase
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To: MinorityRepublican

Please spare me.

CNN—What a joke!


22 posted on 11/18/2023 8:10:25 AM PST by systemjim (Lifetime Lover of Music)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They csn be “more vigilant”
At home in Arabia


23 posted on 11/18/2023 8:10:52 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: MinorityRepublican

I consider the hijab the equivalent of someone wearing a swastika.


24 posted on 11/18/2023 8:10:55 AM PST by FreedomForce
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To: MinorityRepublican

The fact that they set this BS story in Alexandria VA makes it even more obviously fake.

DC and Northern VA are WOKE migrant LGBTQ ground-zero for America, all rolled into one.


25 posted on 11/18/2023 8:14:07 AM PST by PGR88
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To: David Chase

OK, that is a possibility too. But I have met college-age women who claim to be Muslim, apparently to be fashionable. I once asked one of my niece’s friends whether she was going to kill Jews as required by her new religion, but she wouldn’t answer me. Wouldn’t even talk to me after that, in fact, which was great.


26 posted on 11/18/2023 8:15:07 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m not going to give CNN a click, but are these Muslim and Arab Americans condemning anti-Semitic words and actions against Jews?


27 posted on 11/18/2023 8:22:18 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Not just Jews ... the Sunday people also ...


28 posted on 11/18/2023 8:22:34 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Hyphenated Americans, like all the other Leftwing special interest groups. I have never heard of anyone calling themselves a Jewish American, though. Maybe because anti-semitism has always been a very real thing in the US on a lower level, like with most immigrant communities.


29 posted on 11/18/2023 8:23:36 AM PST by Eva
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To: PeterPrinciple

I was just thinking about what makes the Muslims different than other immigrant groups is that their refusal to melt into the Western culture. Their hijabs are an intentional uniform to announce to the world that they are different and consider themselves to be better than their western hosts. The same could be said of Orthodox Jews.


30 posted on 11/18/2023 8:29:41 AM PST by Eva
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To: MinorityRepublican

‘Every move I make, I second guess’

Sorry, not sorry. When the members of your cult are raping and murdering ... and sometimes raping the murdered ... you should second guess every move you make. You might even want to rethink every move you have ever made.


31 posted on 11/18/2023 8:30:27 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: MinorityRepublican
You could move to Qatar.

Always remember, Delta is ready when you are!

32 posted on 11/18/2023 8:31:42 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
There are no such things as Muslim-Americans.

There are only Muslims and infidels from their point of view. You are an infidel.

33 posted on 11/18/2023 8:32:09 AM PST by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Nicole is a most un-muslim name and the article never even makes clear whether she is muslim or not. When I see a woman in a hijab, I think she is a slave. Voluntarily or not, she is a slave.


34 posted on 11/18/2023 8:32:46 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: MinorityRepublican
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.

And if CAIR states it, it must be true. Ha!

35 posted on 11/18/2023 8:33:56 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: Eva
The same could be said of Orthodox Jews.

The Orthodox Jews will establish their ethnic community in the place they live in. The Muslims will try to conquer you. If they haven't done that yet, it's only because they haven't reached critical mass yet.

36 posted on 11/18/2023 8:34:03 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Eva

They don’t migrate ... they invade. It is required ...


37 posted on 11/18/2023 8:34:19 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: MinorityRepublican

HOAX story. Poor innocent Muslims being constantly victimized.


38 posted on 11/18/2023 8:47:42 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAo prou)
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To: David Chase

“The Hijab isn’t worn until after they’re married.”

Actually most women who wear the hijab start long before marriage.

“Some girls start wearing hijab when they are around 10 years old and others when they are 12 or 13 years old. There have been many debates as to when exactly Islamic dress should be worn by Muslim girls, but most Muslims agree that hijab should not be worn until the girl reaches puberty (when she begins menstruation).” https://hidjabaya.com/blogs/news/at-what-age-do-muslim-wear-hijab#:~:text=Some%20girls%20start%20wearing%20hijab,(when%20she%20begins%20menstruation).


39 posted on 11/18/2023 8:56:33 AM PST by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hey! Have any of these moongod worshipers disavowed the muzzie culture of hate?

Have any stood against hamass and the terrorist atrocities committed in the name of Ala and Mohammy?

Any of them voiced support for this nation they are living in and the freedoms we (used to) have?

Then shut up and deal with the consequences for the actions of your fellow, feral, scumbags.


40 posted on 11/18/2023 9:02:34 AM PST by CaptainPhilFan ( Bring back insane asylums)
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