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How Muslim Americans are fighting Islamophobia and securing their civil rights

  • Written by Emily Cury, Research Fellow in International Affairs and Middle East Studies, Northeastern University
imageRally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations.AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

The past year has been a difficult one for American Muslims.

According to a July 2017 Pew survey, 48 percent of Muslims report experiencing at least one incident of discrimination in the past 12 months. The Council on...

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