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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Interfaith leaders in Rhode Island have called a press conference Friday afternoon to speak against a possible backlash against area Muslims in the aftermath of the Fort Hood shootings in Texas.

Several news agencies have reported that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a military psychiatrist suspected of going on a rampage Thursday at the military base killing, 12 people and injuring 31 -- is Muslim.

The press conference will be held at 2 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center, 401 Elmgrove Ave.

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