{"id":1646,"date":"2016-02-24T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karamah.org\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2020-04-21T18:02:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T18:02:32","slug":"when-a-muslim-child-is-called-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karamah.org\/ar\/when-a-muslim-child-is-called-terrorist\/","title":{"rendered":"When a Muslim Child is Called \u201cTerrorist\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in elementary school, I had a good group of friends whom I got along with pretty well. This lasted until one day, out of the blue, I got called \u201cterrorist\u201d for the first time as a joke by someone I thought was a friend. I started off just telling him that I didn\u2019t think that was funny, until the name started catching on and more and more kids started calling me \u201cterrorist\u201d- it almost felt like a nickname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then one day, a kid told me that I betrayed my country, when nothing at all happened. I knew this was a new development from the \u201cterrorist\u201d joke and finally decided enough was enough. I spoke to my teachers and filed a bully report on him. We haven\u2019t spoken since, and that doesn\u2019t bother me at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was really happy that my teachers were really concerned when I reported the incident, and after the bullying went down, I realized that my grades were significantly improving- to the point that I\u2019m now a straight A student in high school. I\u2019m involved in my community and am dedicated to making this world a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My advice to other kids going through this kind of bullying is not to spend time invested in people who discriminate against you. If \u201ca friend\u201d makes you feel confined, s\/he really weren\u2019t your friend to begin with. If someone says something that really hurts you, don\u2019t just let it slide\u2013 tell someone, find someone to talk about it with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m lucky now to have friends who don\u2019t discriminate against me or my religion, and who allow me to express myself the way I want to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Shaheer Rahman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submit Your Story Today! Help us Highlight the Muslim American Civil Rights Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Send your submissions to KARAMAH Communications Associate Hind Essayegh at Hessayegh@Karamah.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/karamah.org\/ar\/programs\/muslim-american-stories-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn&nbsp;about&nbsp;the \u201cMuslim American Stories\u201d project&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in elementary school, I had a good group of friends whom I got along with pretty well. This lasted until one day, out of the blue, I got called \u201cterrorist\u201d for the first time as a joke by someone I thought was a friend. 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