IF ANY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WERE MUSLIM, SO WHAT?

Props to CNN's Campbell Brown, who writes a moving and meaningful column addressing unprecedented anti-Muslim bigotry in America in the last seven years following the 9/11 terorist attacks and how the demonization of Muslims has contributed to today's political campaign. How did the words "Muslim" and "terrorist" become interchangeable in today's flawed lexicon? And why have certain people associated with the McCain-Palin campaign gone after Barack Obama for having a Muslim parent, an Arabic middle name and spending a childhood living in Indonesia, the world's largest predominantly Muslim country. Imagine if America were mostly Muslim and the fringe terrorist Christian group, the Ku Klux Klan ran amok. Would certain candidates be singled out for having Christian middle names, Christian parents, Christian allies and support of Christian issues? It's a compelling read.

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