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B’klyn bigs vow to fight sick anti-Muslim campaign

BROOKLYN BOROUGH President Eric Adams joined faith leaders and other officals Monday to announce increased security around the city amid fears that a racist anti-Muslim campaign that originated in Britain will come to New York.

Adams (photo, fitted with Muslim head covering) told a crowd of several dozen fearful citizens at the Pakistani American Youth Society, in Ditmas Park, that there were increased NYPD patrols around mosques and other areas with a high density of Muslims.

The protective measures were taken after word surfaced on social media of a sick “Punish a Muslim” day ostensibly set for Tuesday.

Messaging apps began circulating warnings to people in Britain about the offensive event — and Adams said he was doing all he could to prevent it from arriving in Brooklyn, too.

“Our message must be just as loud,” Adams said. “Not punish a Muslim; let’s embrace a Muslim, let’s embrace a Christian, let’s embrace a person of Jewish faith, let’s embrace the diversity that this city has to offer.”

A letter circulated in the United Kingdom last month calling for harassment and violence against Muslims. It outlined a point system for various hate crimes, including 50 points to “throw acid in the face of a Muslim” and 1,000 points to “burn or bomb a mosque.”

Adams said the campaign was beyond disgusting.

“Let me be clear,” Adams said, gesturing to a projected image of the letter. “Someone sees this as being a hoax; We do not see it as being a hoax. That is a premeditated action, and its goal is to create terror.”

Lt. Adeel Rana, president of the NYPD’s Muslim Officers Society, said her agency helped identify locations across the city for additional patrols Tuesday.

“This might be an incident against the Muslim community, but guess what, we’re standing next to our Jewish and Christian and other communities when something like that happens to them,” Rana said. Adams and Rana spoke alongside Mohammad Razvi, CEO of the Council for People Organization, and Dr. Debbie Almontaser, a community activist. Almontaser called for non-Muslims to don hijabs and kufis tomorrow in a show of solidarity. Ahsan Ali, a 21-year-old Muslim and political science major at Borough of Manhattan Community College, hoped something positive would come out of the vile campaign. “Being scared can only do so much,” Ali said. “. . . So to turn that into a positive thing, to get folks together and to be aware is important.”