Sonia A. Rao is a freelance journalist from Morrisville, N.C. She was previously a fellow on the national desk of The New York Times and is a 2024 graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Islamic Center of Lake Norman has cleared land for a larger place of worship. Some locals are responding with anti-Muslim backlash.
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