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Islamophobia in the US did not start with Trump, but his tweets perpetuate a long history of equating Muslims with terrorism

  • Written by Evelyn Alsultany, Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Islamophobia in the US did not start with Trump, but his tweets perpetuate a long history of equating Muslims with terrorismA protest against Islamophobia in TImes Square in March 2019. Dev Chatterjee/Shutterstock.com

President Donald Trump retweeted a doctored image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a hijab and Senator Chuck Schumer wearing a turban on Jan. 13. In the fake photo, both were seen standing in front of an Iranian flag with a caption saying: “The...

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