9/11 took Islamophobia mainstream in America – and things have only gotten worse

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Posted on AllSides September 11, 2026

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On Sept. 11, 2001, I was an unsuspecting high school junior whose life changed on that fateful day. That morning, Islam became synonymous with terrorism in much of the American public's collective imagination.

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