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US Muslims face prejudice, violence, hearing told

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Muslims in the United States face ongoing discrimination and violence in actions that threaten basic freedoms in the nation, a US Senate hearing was told Tuesday.

The hearing was called to discuss protecting the civil rights of American Muslims, just weeks after another panel hotly debated the threat posed by homegrown Islamists.

Democratic Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, who called the hearing, said a "backlash" which began after the attacks of September 11, 2001, continues against "innocent Muslims, Arabs, south Asians and Sikhs."

"American Muslims are entitled to the same constitutional protections as other Americans," Durbin said, adding that this is an issue of "not just free exercise of religion but freedom of speech."
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