What Does It Mean To Be Muslim In America

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What does It Mean To Be Muslim In America? A lecture by Dalia Mogahed. “What do you see: A woman of faith? A scholar, a mom, a sister? Or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist?” I understand that people have a point of view of others and i know that people have opinions about me as well for my race and ethnicity. I am reading an article about being Muslim in America that's relates totally about what Dalia Mogahed has to say about how scared she is of being a Muslim because Americans sees them as a target because of terrorist like isis and feels judge and scared of what can happen to them for being Muslim. When terrorist are the same race then as you then you then become a suspect and a target.“Not only had my country been attacked,

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