This fall, nearly 80 Islamic elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States will take part in a new initiative designed to bring Muslim and non-Muslim children together to learn about one another and break down misconceptions. At one event in Huntington, New York, students from a Muslim school had lunch at a local Catholic school. According to one of the Catholic school students, the event had a positive impact and could help more Americans get to know their Muslim neighbors: “I hadn’t really interacted with many Muslims before this… Muslims typically today are put into this one group with extremists… I think the solution to that problem would be having events like this.”
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