By Michael Reed
Valley Voices staff writer
Saba Munir wants others to know that she is a typical teenager.
"I hang out with my friends, go to the movies, things like that," said the 17-year-old senior from Girls Preparatory School. "We're not any different than any other teenager."
Munir said that she and some of her friends, who are Muslim, wish stereotyping would end.
She's among several Muslin teens voicing concerns over anti-Muslim sentiments they believe are rising as controversies surrounding Islam capture national attention.
Unsa Shafi, 16, a junior at GPS, said that misconceptions about her faith began with the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
"It's like people have taken the extreme Muslims as a representation of all Muslims in America," she said. "Yet Muslims in America wouldn't even consider the terrorists true Muslims because of what they did.
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