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The Importance Of Being A Muslim Living In America

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It’s a pretty well-known fact that people in America have a distorted view of Muslims. The media has created a stereotypical image in their minds that causes them to make negative assumptions about anyone who even has the outward appearance of what they think “looks” Muslim. Although there are about one point six billion people in the world that practice Islam and it’s the fastest growing religion in the world, people still make the assumption that all Muslims are like the extremists they see on the news. This issue is very personal to me because it affects me, my friends, and my family. Being a Muslim living in America, I have dealt with my fair share of racist comments, terrorist jokes, and ISIS and Al Qaeda references. However, the comments

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