America the Apoplectic

The Political Scene | The New Yorker | Jun 16, 2016

What is the place of Islam in American culture at a time when Donald Trump attracts voters by demanding that the country ban Muslim immigration? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss assimilation and religious belief in our post-9/11 democracy.

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