Only You Can Prevent Islamophobia

The dangers of letting Donald Trump set the national dialogue.

BY RULA JEBREAL-DECEMBER 8, 2015

Last week, 23-year-old Ruhi Rehman of Newcastle, Britain, became a viral video star. In a recent video interview with the Daily Mail, she related the story of being abused on a local commuter train. As the story goes, Rehman and her younger sister had been sitting quietly on the train when, suddenly, they found themselves singled out and threatened by a young man, apparently because he objected to their wearing the hijab. He then demanded that the sisters leave their seats. “This is my country; I’m an Englishman,” he said. “My sister and I replied back, saying, ‘No, we were born here as well. We’re British as well.'” But he continued to berate them.

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