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Mon Apr 17, 2017, 05:48 AM Apr 2017

You know the religious right. Here's the religious left (and it's fired up)



Holly Meyer, The Tennessean
Published 7:10 a.m. ET April 15, 2017 | Updated 12 hours ago

NASHVILLE — The country's heightened Islamophobia fueled by President Trump's campaign rhetoric caused one Illinois woman to re-examine her Muslim faith.

The outcome: She's now unapologetically Muslim, she said.

“I’m not going to be ashamed to wear my hijab. I’m not going to be ashamed if I need to pray in public,” said Runna Othman, 26, who works as a technical recruiter in Chicago. “I’m going to be a true representative of Islam.”

Her experience isn’t unique. The divisive climate that began with the presidential election and persists under the Trump administration has galvanized some of the country’s faithful to draw on their beliefs as they push back.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/15/tough-times-deeper-faith/100491902/

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