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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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To: Thank You Rush

A few at the deli in the store and a couple at the checkouts
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Watch your back.


61 posted on 11/18/2023 12:28:04 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: alternatives?

Go home.
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Just what I was thinking.


62 posted on 11/18/2023 12:29:18 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: Lowell1775

Allah was a moon demoness, and Islam is Satan’s tabernacle.
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Careful. Negative characterizations of Allah and Islam, even if accurate, invoke rage amongst the anti-Semitic left.


63 posted on 11/18/2023 12:47:42 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: In_Iowa_not_from

Exactly. Every move they make should be on their way back to the Middle East.
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Get ‘em back in the sandbox and never let ‘em out of it.


64 posted on 11/18/2023 12:49:41 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: In_Iowa_not_from

Exactly. Every move they make should be on their way back to the Middle East.
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Put ‘em back in the sandbox and never let ‘em out of it.


65 posted on 11/18/2023 12:50:27 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: Gaffer
No video? It didn’t happen, period.

It probably did happen, but the news is still likely fake. There is a horde of mentally ill people riding the rails through the Washington D.C metropolitan area. You never know when they will be activated toward evil, as they don't (usually) have spiritual defense systems. It's bad out there, including in Alexandria where this story originates.
66 posted on 11/18/2023 12:56:32 PM PST by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If this were true (and I doubt it), they should ease their minds by self-deporting back to one of the the standard raghead s_holes...


67 posted on 11/18/2023 1:00:57 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: kiryandil

From Gaza to the sea - wipe it clean.
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All well and truly said, and the sooner the better. Take no prisoners.


68 posted on 11/18/2023 1:13:43 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: systemjim

CNN—What a joke!
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What’s really depressing is that I know even conservative people who continue to watch CNN and the other anti-American media, and although they then criticize what they’re seeing and hearing it never seems to occur to them that they themselves are being indoctrinated. Infuriating!


69 posted on 11/18/2023 1:23:54 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: CaptainPhilFan

Yes, not a mention in the article of how they were just as horrified as the rest of us when they heard what had happened or how they felt about the gazillion of protests *******supporting****** the dreadful actions of Hamas in Israel...

And I really hated it after they put out warnings to moslems after 9/11 and told Americans to not do bad things to them here. I went to the Staten Island ferry dock 3 months later. Had to wait for a ferry so I walked around a bit. I saw a storefront mosque, that close to where you could have seen 9/11 happening across the river, and it was **untouched.**

Untouched.

Unbelievable.


70 posted on 11/18/2023 1:31:09 PM PST by Chicory
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To: MinorityRepublican

They have to really hunt for Jews to attack


71 posted on 11/18/2023 1:36:07 PM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: FreedomForce

I consider the hijab the equivalent of someone wearing a swastika.
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In my view that is an excellent analogy.


72 posted on 11/18/2023 1:41:32 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: PGR88

DC and Northern VA are WOKE migrant LGBTQ ground-zero for America, all rolled into one.
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People who haven’t been to northern Virginia recently would be astonished at the prevalence of foreign language speakers. It’s analogous to visiting a foreign country. Threatening and sad. You couldn’t pay me enough to live there.


73 posted on 11/18/2023 1:46:31 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

are these Muslim and Arab Americans condemning anti-Semitic words and actions against Jews?
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Are you being facetious or serious?


74 posted on 11/18/2023 1:48:43 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t effing care.

L


75 posted on 11/18/2023 1:50:26 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Eva

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.
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But in my view there’s a crucial difference because unlike the wearers of the hijab, Orthodox Jews to my knowledge seldom if ever engage in efforts to coerce non-Jews or even Jews who are not Orthodox to conform to their religious beliefs or worldviews. And far as I’m aware none of them pose an existential threat to anyone!


76 posted on 11/18/2023 1:58:09 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: RideForever

There are only Muslims and infidels from their point of view. You are an infidel.
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It is astonishing how many people are either ignorant of that fact or are aware of it but simply refuse to acknowledge its significance. And not just people here but people all over the world.


77 posted on 11/18/2023 2:08:12 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

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.
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Exactly right. Enslave you or kill you, that’s the Muslim objective once they’re in a position to carry out that mission for Allah. Read the Koran if you have any doubts about it.


78 posted on 11/18/2023 2:12:47 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: Noumenon

There are no “innocent” muslims. Radical Islam will kill you and your family. So called moderate muslims will silently watch you die.
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And anyone who tries to convince you otherwise is either a liar or a damn fool, and if they do manage to convince you then you’re also a damn fool.


79 posted on 11/18/2023 2:21:32 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Absolutely facetious. Maybe sarcastic, too.


80 posted on 11/18/2023 2:21:34 PM 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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