NY Times: 'I’m Frightened’: After Attacks in Paris, New York Muslims Cope With a Backlash

[LiberalElite]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/nyregion/im-frightened-after-paris-terrorist-attacks-new-york-city-muslims-cope-with-a-backlash.html?_r=0

-snip-
The safety tips, concise and chilling, have been passed from friend to Muslim friend on social media, by imams to their congregations, by Islamic groups to their members, by parents to their children heading off to school:

When in the subway, stand away from the platform edge, preferably with your back against a wall. Walk in groups after dark. Stay alert at all times.

In the days since the Paris terrorist attacks, Muslims in New York and elsewhere have guarded against a violent backlash, changing their routines and trying to manage their fear.

Still, the violence has come.
-snip-

[FLPanhandle]

1. Well, when you have the Republican party basically encouraging that behavior...

It's hardly surprising.

[treestar]

2. Interesting how it backlashes against itself

Alienating members of our own society by making them pay the price for what other people did in the name of their religion.

[Depaysement]

3. What nonsense

I ride the trains daily, often with muslims. I have seen women several times alone in hijab standing on the platform like everyone else.

[LiberalElite]

4. I have also. But apparently

some of them are spooked now. Can't say I blame them.

I'm in NYC, are you? This isn't exactly a hotbed of overt rw craziness (see: Texas) but there have been attacks on Sikhs just because they wear a turban.

[Depaysement]

5. I live in NYC

I see no increase in these kinds of activities. That's one reason people live here.

[LiberalElite]

6. Yeah and John Lennon said he liked it here because people left him alone.

So much for that.

In the article it states a couple of women have been spat on. I was aware of the post office employee allegedly involved in one incident. If they say they feel unsafe, iIm taking them at their word.