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MA: Muslims Praying at Station Triggers Armed T Response Owen Boss, Brian Dowling, Laurel J. Sweet On Jun 17, 2016
Source: Boston Herald

Two people believed to be Muslims praying on an MBTA platform triggered a rapid response from heavily armed transit cops yesterday morning and immediately sparked a debate about when “see something, say something” vigilance can infringe on religious freedoms.

“It’s really up to the person who makes the initial report to make a report based on actual evidence and an actual suspicion and not on prejudice and stereotyping,” said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington D.C.-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.

“Too often what we see is that somebody praying or somebody wearing Islamic attire is enough to trigger this kind of response,” Hooper told the Herald. “Often the problem begins with the 
initial report.”

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