American and Muslim

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America's Muslim minority is coming under considerable pressure these days. They are experiencing attacks, verbal and at times physical, on their mosques and on the Koran, and from politicians using anti-Islamic sentiment in their election campaigns. For Assignment, Claire Bolderson asks what's it like to be a young American Muslim in the midst of all of this? And what kind of influence do Muslim community leaders and government officials have with this generation.