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January 26, 2015

Surge in Anti-Muslim Threats Linked to Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" Film 
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The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is reporting the release
of the new Hollywood blockbuster, "American Sniper," has led to an
increase in threats against Muslims in the United States. The film is
based on a memoir by a U.S. sniper in Iraq named Chris Kyle, who called
Iraqis "savages." The organization says it has collected hundreds of
violent messages targeting Arab and Muslim Americans from moviegoers
posted to Facebook and Twitter. The group has written to film director
Clint Eastwood and star Bradley Cooper to speak out against what it
described as "the hateful rhetoric."

 

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