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US: This Is What The Foster Care System Is Like For Muslims

September 11, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway

US: This Is What The Foster Care System Is Like For Muslims
BuzzFeed News – September 02, 2017
His grandmother had been a practicing Muslim, although his mother hadn’t, but none of the three foster families that he was placed with were Muslim, so he had no Muslim friends and his background seemed alien to him as he grew up. “It was what I was exposed to. I didn’t know any Muslims personally, none of my friends were Muslims, none of the people I was close to was Muslim.” “The only interaction I had with Muslims was watching the news or reading what was in the newspaper,” says Zekeria.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/muslim-foster-groups-discrimination

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