This Muslim Woman Created a "Talk to a Muslim" Stand to Combat Islamophobia
Very often, when faced with injustice, people will take a stand. Well, one woman decided to make a stand.
In a Facebook post, Mona Haydar described her decision to step out of her comfort zone and into the public. Armed with a box of doughnuts and coffee, Haydar constructed a stand outside a library in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with signs saying "Talk to a Muslim," "Free coffee and donuts," "Free conversation" and "Ask a Muslim." Her husband, Sebastian, created the signs.
Haydar wrote that "Thanks for doing this" was the most common sentiment she heard, while some people apologized for the current wave of Islamophobia gripping the nation.
In December, there's been at least one case of suspected arson of a U.S. mosque, several cases of people leaving severed pigs heads in the U.S., Australia and the U.K. One Alabama mosque was scared to open a tin of Christmas cookies, fearing it may be something sinister.
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