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Muslim Targeted in Hate Crime

She is a mother of two, a Muslim Arab American, and manager of a hotel in Philadelphia. What could she possibly have to do with the 9/11 attacks? Nothing, of course. But that didn't stop an employee from allegedly leaving her a venomous note filled with phrases like "REMEMBER 9/11."
 

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