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A number of churches and organizations though, are interested in doing more. They want to know how to reach out to their Muslim neighbors and friends in this difficult time. Below are some suggestions of simple things they can do to express their support for Muslim-Americans.

For Americans the feeling of security is not what it was prior to September 11, 2001.  For Muslim Americans a sense of caution and uneasiness has quickly become a constant state-of-mind.  For Muslim American women, stray glances cause thoughts of fear to emerge where comfort has previously existed.

State officials of Gujarat, India were directly involved in the killings of hundreds of Muslims and are now engineering a massive cover-up of the state's role in the violence, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report.

The Godhra train incident is what most reports about the violence in Gujurat, India point to as the starting point for the barbarism and massacre of Muslims that followed. This is why it is critical to understand exactly what happened there.

The Babri Mosque issue is central to understanding the Hindu militant revivalism and militancy that has left thousands dead in India in the last 50 years. Babri Masjid has been a source of Hindu extremist mobilization for the last 20 years.