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August 24, 2011

AFP: American Muslims on guard after 9/11

by Fabienne Faur
Agence France-Presse

STERLING, Virginia — Muslims in Sterling, Virginia have marked every anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 with a solemn prayer service for the victims and heightened vigilance against potential hate crimes.

A high degree of integration has not shielded American Muslims from being tarred with the same brush as the Al-Qaeda radicals who carried out the attacks.

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