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<\/a>A short primer on countering some of the anti-Muslim myths and misinformation politicians and the media are feeding us following the terrorist attacks in Paris:\nFiction<\/strong>
\nAmerica is a shining example of religious tolerance for all.<\/p>\n
Fact<\/strong> Fiction<\/strong> Fact<\/strong> Fiction<\/strong> Fact 1<\/strong> Muslim academics, politicians, and ordinary citizens of all ages in countries around the world, sickened by the crimes perpetrated against innocent Muslims and non-Muslims, are risking\u2014and sometimes losing\u2014their lives to speak out and reject the violence and those committing it.<\/p>\n Fact 2<\/strong>
\nThere are 784 known hate groups<\/a> in the U.S. In 2014 Muslims were the targets of 154 hate crimes. In 2015 there have been 63 recorded attacks on mosques in the U.S. Since the horrific attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis on November 13, 2015, there have been 71 documented Islamophobic attacks in the U.S., many of them involving women wearing hijab.<\/p>\n
\nOnly \u201creal\u201d Americans belong in America.<\/p>\n
\nOut of a total population of 308.7 million Americans, 305.8 million of us <\/a>are either immigrants or refugees or the descendants of immigrants, refugees, or slaves brought to these shores involuntarily. Only 2.9 million of us can claim historically to be \u201creal\u201d Americans.<\/p>\n
\nMuslims and Islamic organizations are failing to speak out against terrorists and terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBrave and determined Muslim journalists are risking their lives to expose the crimes of ISIS\u2014journalists like Syrian Ibrahim Abdul Qader of the journalist alliance Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, who along with his friend Fares Hamadi were brutally murdered<\/a> in Turkey after smuggling news of ISIS crimes out of the Islamic State.<\/p>\n
\nFollowing the attacks at Le Bataclan, the list of Muslim organizations issuing unequivocal condemnations of terrorist tactics and attacks has grown ever larger<\/p>\n