{"id":707,"date":"2012-11-05T03:15:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T03:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=707"},"modified":"2012-11-27T03:16:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T03:16:15","slug":"why-do-prominent-republicans-demonize-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2012\/11\/05\/why-do-prominent-republicans-demonize-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Prominent Republicans Demonize Muslims?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Locked in the toughest fight of her congressional career, Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her witch hunt against alleged Muslim Brotherhood infiltrators in the federal government last night during the final debate against her Democratic challenger, Jim Graves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read it all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2012\/11\/05\/bachmann_stands_by_muslim_witch_hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, don&#8217;t forget to vote tomorrow! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Locked in the toughest fight of her congressional career, Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her witch hunt against alleged Muslim Brotherhood infiltrators in the federal government last night during the final debate against her Democratic challenger, Jim Graves.&#8221; Read it all here. 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