Cenk Uygur
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Muslim Woman Flooded With Hate Tweets After Daily Caller Hit Piece
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June 21, 2016
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June 21, 2016
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5:51Now PlayingAfter The Daily Caller wrote a defamatory article about a Muslim woman, she is dealing with a lot of hate and harassment online. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
""Can I use that towel on your head to wipe my a**"
These are just a couple of the cruel tweets that Laila Alawa, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, has had directed at her in the past week.
Alawa, who is Muslim, heads up a website called The Tempest that gives voice to millennial women of all ethnic backgrounds.
On Tuesday, she woke up to hundreds of "hate tweets." The vitriol hasn't stopped since.
Alawa was the subject of an article on conservative website The Daily Caller, titled "Syrian immigrant who said 9/11 'changed the world for good' is a homeland security advisor.””*
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