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New York Launches Campaign: No for Islamophobia

New York Launches Campaign: No for Islamophobia
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New York unveiled Monday a major public campaign to fight Islamophobia, stressing the equal rights of the city's hundreds of thousands of Muslims.

New York Launches Campaign: No for Islamophobia

The campaign -- launched in the wake of a Manhattan bomb attack blamed on a radicalized Afghan-American -- initially will use social media to spread the message under the hashtag #IAmMuslimNYC.

"Now more than ever, it is important for every New Yorker to stand united as one city and reject hate and violence," said Mayor Bill de Blasio in a statement.

He further stated: "We will not tolerate discrimination or violence of any kind and we will not rest until all New Yorkers, including our Muslim brothers and sisters, are treated with the dignity they deserve."

The campaign begins Tuesday, just 10 days after bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami exploded a device in Chelsea, a fashionable Manhattan neighborhood, injuring 29 people.

Investigators say a handwritten manual recovered after his arrest lauded al-Qaeda leaders including Osama bin Laden.

New York's campaign comes amid growing fears among the country's Muslims of a backlash over attacks, both in the United States and abroad, in the context of the anti-Muslim rhetoric embraced by Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

Among the recent acts violence against Muslims in New York was the August fatal shooting of an imam and his assistant, execution-style, near their mosque in the borough of Queens.

New York is planning workshops beginning next month to give city employees and public and private employers a better understanding of Islam.

A marketing campaign using all media is in the works for around mid-2017 -- when de Blasio's reelection campaign should be in full swing.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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