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Director of Washington-based CAIR National Communications, Ibrahim Hooper says the rise of 'anti-Muslim sentiment' in America has 'political' reasons.
There are a number of 'rightwing politicians and activists' who are pushing anti-Muslim sentiment in America for their own 'political games', Hooper told Press TV's U.S. Desk on Saturday.
"The rise of anti-Muslim sentiment in our society is being generated by a cottage industry of Muslim bashers and Islamophobic groups," he said.