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Moustafa Bayoumi: Scapegoating Islam

How anti-Muslim bias entered the mainstream.

The Nation

June 14, 2012

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How anti-Muslim bias entered the mainstream.

What happens when your normal, everyday actions come to seem criminal in the eyes of your countrymen? In this episode of Nation Conversations, Moustafa Bayoumi explains to Executive Editor Betsy Reed that that is precisely what has happened for America’s Muslim population. Read Fear and Loathing of Islam, Bayoumi’s introduction to this week’s special issue, for more.

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