My husband is from Turkey and has an accent, although he's not Muslim, but maybe people might assume he is. We have not had any negative reactions or confrontations. When he first arrived here we were in South Florida and most people thought he was Latino/South American so would start speaking Spanish if they didn't understand him, which was always funny. Now we live in North Carolina, a decent size city that is actually quite diverse (more so than I ever would have thought). People are friendly and I think his only complaint would be that people don't always understand him so they look to me for interpretation. It's something that we've gotten used to. Otherwise, I really wouldn't stress about something that you don't know what will happen. And yes, I think if you tend to stick to the more diverse areas, you won't have any issues. Best of luck!
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