A Muslim teenager in California is doing her part to counter Islamophobia. Responding to growing anti-Muslim bigotry, the teen, Yusra Rafeeqi, launched a Facebook page called “Dine with a Muslim Family,” which encourages people to visit her family’s home for dinner and conversation. According to Rafeeqi, these dinners help promote interfaith understanding by bringing members of different faith communities come together to get to know one another. So far, the family has hosted two dinners with plans to host more in the coming weeks, and Rafeeqi has gotten Muslim friends involved to host dinners of their own, too. As Rafeeqi states: “Islamophobia is widespread across the United States, but it’s not because people hate Muslims. To me, the issue is that people do not understand Muslims.”
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