America's outcast Muslims

in the Guardian, here

"...American Muslims have been called the "outcasts" of this presidential election. Muslims themselves have told the media that Islam is being treated as "political leprosy", a "scarlet letter", or the "kiss of death". In Pittsburgh, a city with a large Muslim population, the Guardian team heard sentiments like these when we attended a lecture by the writer and political analyst Raeed Tayeh titled Are Americans Obsessed with Islam?, followed by a panel discussion involving local community leaders and advocates...."