{"id":2757,"date":"2016-06-02T20:43:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T00:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2016-06-03T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:32:07","slug":"is-donald-trump-a-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2016\/06\/is-donald-trump-a-muslim.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Donald Trump a Muslim?"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, of course not. \ud83d\ude42 Still, this photo is pretty funny:<\/p>\n

\"Brother
Brother Donald-ud-deen Trump giving the athan for Isha prayers, mashallah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(via @iyad_elbaghdadi<\/a> on Twitter)<\/p>\n

All joking aside, Islamophobia is almost a defining trait of Trump supporters. The best way to identify a Trump supporter is to ask, “Is Obama a Muslim?<\/a>” <\/p>\n

Remember – this correlation between Republicans and Islamophobia isn’t something Trump invented, but was carefully and cynically cultivated by the Republican establishment<\/a> for years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, of course not. \ud83d\ude42 Still, this photo is pretty funny: (via @iyad_elbaghdadi on Twitter) All joking aside, Islamophobia is almost a defining trait of Trump supporters. 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