Thread by @IlhanMN

When the United States enters conflicts with Muslim-majority countries, it destabilizes nations and infringes upon human rights.

It also riles up Islamophobes and racists at home.
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I’ve seen it right here on Twitter, where my calls to avoid a war with Iran were met with anti-Muslim slurs and tropes in my replies. We’ve seen it at the U.S.-Canadian border, where dozens of Iranians and Iranian-Americans have been held for questioning for no reason at all.

From 2003 to 2007, we saw alarming rates of death threats, vandalism, and violence against Arab-Americans and others assumed to be of Middle Eastern heritage.

Violent rhetoric turns into violent acts.

This president’s hateful policies like the Muslim ban and the refugee cap have already empowered Islamophobes. And it will only get worse as he pushes us closer to an endless, unnecessary war with Iran.

Muslims shouldn’t have to live in fear of death threats and violent hate crimes.

The times we’re in call for all of us to work harder to stamp out hate. We must put Islamophobia in the dustbin of history where it belongs.