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By Rowaida Abdelaziz | May 2, 2017
We can’t tackle Islamophobia without Muslims.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday to address the rise in hate crimes against minorities, but they left out a critical group.
There was no Muslim on the panel, titled “Responses to the Increase in Religious Hate Crimes,” to address the rise in Islamophobia against the Muslim community.
The panel included Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, to discuss increasing anti-Semitism, and Dr. Prabhjot Singh, a medical doctor, to describe the rise of hate and violence against the Sikh community. Other panelists included Vanita Gupta, the incoming president and CEO of the Leadership Conference For Civil And Human Rights, and Will D. Johnson, the chief of police of Arlington, Texas.
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