Of course I was anxious about being a Muslim visiting Israel. My passport stated my birthplace as Bangladesh and there was a stamp from a past visit to Pakistan. Both countries were sworn enemies of the Jewish state. My childhood was laced with a steady sprinkle of anti-semitism from sermons at mosques and dinner party conspiracy theories.
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