Muslim Americans struggle with fallout from California attack

The mosque is just 40 kilometers from San Bernardino, where U.S.-born Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his Pakistani-born wife Tashfeen Malik, 29, opened fire on his co-workers last week in what the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is treating as an act of terror. Muslim Americans across the country have said they are worried about a backlash, as happened in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. U.S. President Barack Obama asked Americans last Sunday to not turn against Muslims after the Paris and San Bernardino attacks, but rather work with the Muslim-American community in fighting homegrown extremism. But then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ratcheted up the rhetoric last Monday by calling for a ban on Muslim immigrants, students and other travelers entering the country, provoking sharp rebukes across the U.S. political spectrum and from abroad. It is not just Muslims that fear the attacks on Muslims.

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