Muslim American Olympian: I feel unsafe in U.S.

Posted by | August 5, 2016 11:58 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics Religion

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The Muslim woman who is representing the United States in the Summer Games doesn’t feel safe in her own country.

“[I feel unsafe] all the time,” fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad said Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, according to The Daily Beast.

Muhammad, America’s first Olympian to wear a hijab, said she blames rising anti-Islamic sentiment.

“I had someone follow me home from practice and try to report me to the police,” she said. “And this is right on 28th and 7th in New York City.

“I want people to know that as hard as [these racist incidents] are on me, they don’t come even close to things we’ve seen like the shooting in North Carolina or the rhetoric around the Khan family at the [Democratic National Convention].”

Muhammad, who was born in Maplewood, N.J., said she wants to bring light to the issues facing female Muslims in America.

“I’m very vocal about these things because I want people to know I’m not a novelty, I’m not special in any way,” she said.

“I’m a woman who wears a hijab, and these are my experiences. It’s ridiculous and we as a country have to change and I feel like this is our moment.”

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8 responses to Muslim American Olympian: I feel unsafe in U.S.

  1. William August 5th, 2016 at 13:05

    I can see her point. https://www.facebook.com/motherjones/videos/10153777810687144/

    • nola878 August 5th, 2016 at 13:53

      Great video. Thanks for posting it…fair warning, I will be stealing it at some point.

      • William August 5th, 2016 at 14:06

        I also stole it.

      • whatthe46 August 5th, 2016 at 14:08

        i saw it before, i can’t watch it twice. it’s sickening.

    • Larry Schmitt August 5th, 2016 at 17:10

      The really sad part? They either don’t make the connection between the two eras, or they don’t see anything wrong. This is evidence that this country is going backwards, not forward.

  2. amersham1046 August 5th, 2016 at 19:01

    There are many Americans of every description that feel unsafe in America

    • KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker August 6th, 2016 at 10:12

      You’ve got that right.
      With guns everywhere it’s just terrifying.

  3. StoneyCurtisll August 6th, 2016 at 18:46

    She was on the Late Show last night~!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs8O-MFu4yU
    Sooo pretty~!

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