As the Islamic State cheers and takes credit for one of the most deadly terrorist attacks in modern France, emotions are running high in the nation -- especially among its 5 million-strong Muslim population, which is accustomed to being under watch and threat after extremists who also call themselves Muslims wreak havoc. According to news reports, worshippers at the Grand Mosque of Paris in the city's 5th district and Muslim centers across the country were bracing for backlash as a few reports trickled out of anti-Muslim acts. Muslims were preparing to be "collateral victims of terrorism," Muslim news site Saphirnews reported. Over the weekend, red crosses were painted onto a wall of an...
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