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In the video”What’s it like to be Muslim in America” by Dalia Mogahed “Muslims are inventors, teachers, first responders and olympic athletes, but some make the muslims look bad on the negative things they do” (Mogahed) what I mean is that no matter how much nice successful Muslims there are, there is always Muslims that make themselves look bad. For example, on the 9/11 attack, some muslims were disappointed because it’s just making the rest of the muslim people look bad. Also, some muslims were afraid to go outside because of how other people will think of them. I personally think bad about the Muslim people because of what occurred and I know I’m no one to judge others by their appearances or looks. It just scares me on what they did

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