Francisco Vara-Orta was a staff writer for Education Week.
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Fatima Islam, 16, from left, Subhya Abdullatif, 17, Bisma Parekh, 16, Barira Khan, 19, Hala Thiab, 15, and Salma Zeidat, 14, all from Houston, place their hands over their hearts during the Pledge of Allegiance at Muslim Day at the state capitol in Austin, Texas this week. Thousands of supporters formed a human chain around hundreds of Muslims who attended the annual event—four days after President Trump issued an executive order that temporarily bans residents from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States.
