In 2016 elections, Iowa Muslims fear they’ll be left behind

December 22, 2015

In Cedar Rapids, home to America’s oldest mosque, some Muslims say political rhetoric is creating hate and fear

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In 2016 elections, Iowa Muslims fear they’ll be left behind

Hassan Igram’s graphics company began in the back of his grandfather’s grocery store. Today it employs more than 100 people. It’s the kind of immigrant success story that has played out in America countless times. Igram’s family happens to be from Syria, which has made him and other Muslims in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, targets this campaign season — despite having settled in this city for more than a century. In this America Tonight excerpt, we talk to Muslims in Iowa who say they’re being left behind by the 2016 campaigns.


 

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