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WITH THE 26-YEAR-OLD OVER
HIS INCREASED COMMITMENT TO
ISLAM.
AS AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO
DIG INTO THE ACCUSED BOSTON
BOMBER'S PAST.
SOME ARE NOW CONNECTING THEM
TO THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY.
MUSLIM LEADERS HAVE
CONDEMNED THE ATTACK.
BUT AS KRON 4'S MIKE PELTON
SHOWS US,
THE BOMBING'S HAVE CREATED A
TENSE ENVIRONMENT FOR MANY
AMERICAN MUSLIMS.
>> REPORTER: LIKE MILLIONS,
SHE WATCHED THE BOMBINGS IN
A STATE OF HORROR. I.
>> IT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE
THE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
VICTIM'S BUT IT IS A CONCERN
AND A FEELING OF EVEN DREAD.
THAT THEY'RE HOPING THAT
THEY ARE NOT MUSLIM. OR NOT
CLEAR CONNECTIONS TO ISLAM.
>> THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ON
AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS
SAYING THAT THIS IS FROM A
BACKLASH OF AMERICAN
MUSLIMS. ONE ALLEGED
TERRORISTS HAVE ISLAMIC
TIES.
>> IT IS UNIQUE TO HAVE A
MINORITY STEREOTYPE IN THE
AMERICAN COMMUNITY. WHEN
EVEN A WHITE CAUCASIAN
CHRISTIAN WOULD ALSO BLOW OF
SOMETHING.
>> REPORTER: SHE FEARS THAT
SOMETHING IS ALREADY MIND
UP.
>> WE HAVE RECEIVED A COUPLE
OF HEAT INCIDENCES.
FORTUNATELY, NOTHING HAS
ESCALATED TO VIOLENCE.
>> REPORTER: HAS TO SET THE
RECORD STRAIGHT?
>> THE PEOPLE LETTER MYSELF,