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Many at the ADAMS Center mosque in Sterling recall the pride and hope they felt when they heard President Obama's first major address to the Muslim world last year. Some quote parts of it by memory: "Let there be no doubt: Islam is a part of America."
But what has followed has possibly been the toughest year yet for American Muslims - one marked by an outpouring of public hostility so unexpected and bewildering that it prompted Mohamed Magid, the imam at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, to start keeping a journal.
Sitting in his office on the third floor of the ADAMS Center, Magid has found himself copying down thoughts and memories between appointments, hoping to sort out his experiences.
His efforts to make sense of it all come as Obama is poised to give a major speech Wednesday at the largest mosque in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.