American Muslims are gaining a foothold in politics
They're voting and running for Congress, local offices
By Jill Lawrence
USA TODAY

TEANECK, N.J. The mayor of nearby Prospect Park is a 30-year-old high school business teacher with a young son. He was a volunteer firefighter at 18 and has been active in his community ever since. But when he sought the mayor's office last fall, voters received anonymous fliers calling him a "betrayer" tied to the 9/11 terrorists.

Why? Because he is a Syrian-born Muslim named Mohamed Khairullah.

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