Women and Girls

Online, Muslim Women Face Threats From Both Islamophobes and Reformers

By Aysha Khan
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Jun 28, 2016
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When Laila Alawa woke up on a recent morning, her phone wouldn’t stop pinging with Twitter notifications.

“You’re not American, you’re a terrorist sympathizer immigrant that nobody in America wants and for good reason,” one user tweeted.

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