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It Could Happen Here

At what point will Americans widely acknowledge that white supremacy can be as big a threat to Americans as Islamism?
Source: Murad Sezer / Reuters

In the summer of 2017, I found myself in a mosque in suburban Minneapolis where a bomb had exploded not long before. It had already been a busy year for my beat, reporting on Muslim Americans, which had become synonymous with writing about suspected hate crimes, the destruction of mosques, and a constant parade of anti-Muslim rhetoric—from anonymous online trolls to prominent politicians.

I thought back to that morning in Minneapolis when I heard the news that at least one terrorist had

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