The New York Daily News reported on Tuesday (Nov. 22) several Muslim-Americans received mysterious robocalls asking them whether they identify as a follower of Islam, some of whom are citing the specter of a proposed Muslim registry as cause for alarm over the confounding calls.
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.
The calls come amid reports of numerous acts of vandalization and violence against Muslim-Americans in the aftermath of the presidential election.
As of Nov. 16, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported more than 700 hate crimes carried out since Election Day. Most of the incidents were designated as anti-immigrant, while 51 of them were anti-Muslim, according to tracking by SPLC.
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