Islamophobias In America

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Muslims in America today are not treated well. According to the articles, Muslims are called terrorists, bullied in school, and harrassed.

In one article, it talks about a Muslim girl who had her head scarf ripped off, and called a terrorist by a unknown (presumably white) man multiple times, and he took her head scarf as well, yet he was only charged with simple assault and theft. This shows that Islamophobia is a real problem because the girl was not doing any harm to anyone, and somebody made an assumption and hurt her. The theme of this article by Fox News is that Muslims in America are treated like second class citizens. I would assume the author of the article was not anti-Islam, as the article tells the story in a mostly un-biased

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