if you are a muslim american that there is a big shadow that follows you. it started in 2012, at least for me personally. i know for a lot of people like me, muslims in america, it s been harder, but this notion that there s some dark cloud, and that was one of the hardest parts of my professional life. can you give me an example of a time that was difficult? in 2012 when i was working for the secretary of state, michelle bachmann, who was then a member of congress and several other members of congress wrote a letter suggesting that because of my background that i had that i was basically not a patriot, that i was giving advice to our secretary of state that was potentially against the interests of our nation. i was not the only muslim-american accused. there were other senior muslims in government and that was a shock to my system, as a proud
misconception is the fact that if you are a muslim american that there is a big shadow that follows you. it started in 2012, at least for me personally. i know for a lot of people like me, muslims in america, it s been harder, but this notion that there s some dark cloud, and that was one of the hardest parts of my professional life. can you give me an example of a time that was difficult? in 2012 when i was working for the secretary of state, michelle bachmann, who was then a member of congress and several other members of congress wrote a letter suggesting that because of my background that i had that i was basically not a patriot, that i was giving advice to our secretary of state that was potentially against the interests of our nation. i was not the only muslim-american accused. there were other senior muslims in government and that was a shock to my system, as a proud daughter of two immigrants from