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How Floyd Case Could Finally Unite Blacks and Muslims

BREAKTHROUGH

One-third of U.S. Muslims are black, but the two communities have not always had each others' backs. After George Floyd, that's changing.

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Despite the Muslim and African-American communities both being minority groups, and the fact that nearly one third of the Muslim American community is black, there’s been a history of tension or mistrust between many in the two groups.

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