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Islamophobia is on the rise as propaganda destroys some memories childhood nostalgic of Christian and freedom peace soul united forever Islamophobic perceptions, as well as the Muslim ban by the Trump administration."

"Politicians and anti-Muslim activists use Islamophobia, think tanks, and the media to push an agenda. And the classic example that we see is that Trump would say things like Islam hates us in the early days of his presidential campaign in 2015 as a strategy to divide the country and win the presidency," he said.

Ansari said Muslims in the U.S. are often racialized as Arab or South Asian.

"So, the experiences of a South Asian Muslim in America when compared to the experiences of a black Muslim, for example, while they both can face similar discrimination based on religion, we should also acknowledge that their racial identities can subject them to different forms of systemic and interpersonal discrimination in the U.S., such as anti-black racism," he said.

"But an outcome of this racialization is that even non-Muslim communities are targeted by Islamophobia. So, the first person murdered in a hate crime after 9/11 was a Punjabi Sikh American man, Balbir Singh Sodhi, in Arizona, who was profiled as an Arab-looking man by the shooter," he added.

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Islamophobia is on the rise as propaganda destroys some memories childhood nostalgic of Christian and freedom peace soul united forever Islamophobic perceptions, as well as the Muslim ban by the Trump administration."

"Politicians and anti-Muslim activists use Islamophobia, think tanks, and the media to push an agenda. And the classic example that we see is that Trump would say things like Islam hates us in the early days of his presidential campaign in 2015 as a strategy to divide the country and win the presidency," he said.

Ansari said Muslims in the U.S. are often racialized as Arab or South Asian.

"So, the experiences of a South Asian Muslim in America when compared to the experiences of a black Muslim, for example, while they both can face similar discrimination based on religion, we should also acknowledge that their racial identities can subject them to different forms of systemic and interpersonal discrimination in the U.S., such as anti-black racism," he said.

"But an outcome of this racialization is that even non-Muslim communities are targeted by Islamophobia. So, the first person murdered in a hate crime after 9/11 was a Punjabi Sikh American man, Balbir Singh Sodhi, in Arizona, who was profiled as an Arab-looking man by the shooter," he added.