Monday, April 11, 2011

Oklahoma-born Muslim fights hate with country music

# Posted on 04.11.11
# By Stephen C. Webster
# Categories: Culture
rawstory.com

Kareem Salama, an American Muslim born in the U.S. to parents who emigrated from Egypt, is not like most country music stars.

Yes, you read right: He’s a country music star … From Oklahoma, no less.

Salama has also been on a U.S. government-sponsored tour of the Middle East, sharing his experiences as a Muslim growing up in the heart of America’s conservative south. That tour, according to Mother Jones, is thanks to a fan of his at the State Department, who felt his message would be a powerful tool to encourage tolerance both at home and abroad.

Watch the video below to see why he could be the best thing to happen to country music since beer.

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