Amid N.Y. inquiry, Muslims try to counter stereotypes

Boston Globe 5/16/10: Amid N.Y. inquiry, Muslims try to counter stereotypes. Young Pakistanis in Mass. face curiosity, racism. Noorjehan Khan is a regular teenager. The 18-year-old loves music and has been busy with finals and club activities at Northeastern University, where she just wrapped up her freshman year. She is also a Muslim of Pakistani descent, and she would like to be able to say so without people asking her about terrorism or whether she is related to one of the men arrested by federal agents on Thursday in Watertown and Brookline. (She is not.) Noorjehan Khan is the daughter of Malik Khan, president of the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland, which commemorated its 30th anniversary yesterday with an open house and an invitation for anyone to come by and ask questions about Islam. The open house was planned before the attempted bombing in Times Square in New York City.

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