How 9/11 shaped a generation of Muslim New Yorkers

Once-friendly neighbours started to keep their distance. Undercover police officers began to monitor community events. And passersby would give them dirty looks on the street, and sometimes harass them, when they left home in hijabs or other religious garb.Many American Muslims have faced a quarter-century of suspicion and hostility since the September 11 attacks, which reshaped life for all Americans.In New York, a generation of Muslim New Yorkers responded to the Islamophobia by organising the...

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