Muslim-Americans report receiving anonymous robocalls asking for religious affiliation:

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'Scared the s--t out of me'

BY LAURA BULT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 2:01 PM

Several Muslim-Americans received mysterious robocalls asking them whether they identify as a follower of Islam, some of whom are citing the spectre of a proposed Muslim registry as cause for alarm over the confounding calls.

The Council on Islamic-American relations, the country's largest civil rights and advocacy group for Muslim-Americans, started flagging social media posts from users who reported receiving the calls this week.

The robocall appear to have gone out in the past two days asking Muslim-Americans their religious affiliation and assuring them the call would “be kept strictly anonymous and confidential,” according to a Facebook post by Shamsiya Shervani.

“Do you identify yourself as a MUSLIM, yes press one no press two,” the robocall asked, according to Shervani’s post.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/muslims-receive-robocalls-religious-affiliation-article-1.2883677

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/11/18/update-incidents-hateful-harassment-election-day-now-number-701

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1. Unfortunately, it's a legitimate cause for concern today - n/t