Attacks Underscore Fears That Anti-Muslim Violence on the Rise
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A string of attacks on Muslims near their mosques this weekend may be a sign of increasing physical violence against worshipers of Islam in the United States. It is a fear many have expressed as the issue of Muslims in the U.S. takes center stage during the 2016 presidential race.
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Authorities said they have arrested a suspect in the early Saturday beating of a man outside a Florida mosque that Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen had attended, and an Islamic group said the victim was a Muslim.
Meanwhile, worshipers at a mosque in Houston tell KTRK-TV that a doctor who was trying to attend morning prayers was shot just outside after being approached by a group of three men.
And in Brooklyn, New York, two Muslim teens were beaten outside a mosque during a midnight prayer service early Sunday. Surveillance video shows a suspect punching, kicking and stomping on one of the teens and graphic pictures posted to Facebook show the injuries sustained by both.
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