John Kasich’s withdrawal from the presidential race should be a cause for concern among American Muslims American Muslims have a choice between presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who plans to kick them out of the U.S. or Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, who plans to make the lives of fellow Muslims a misery if they live abroad, according to media establishment. Wardah Khalid a writer, speaker and analyst on Middle East policy and Islam explains why American Muslims should look beyond the White House in this report for CNN : Kasich remained the final ray of hope among Republican candidates who pushed discriminatory policies against minorities, particularly Muslims. Now Donald Trump, the most viciously anti-Muslim candidate of them all, is the presumptive GOP nominee. This should be a wake-up call for Muslims in this country. With their existence now seriously under peril, it begs the question: What can be done now? The 2016 GOP presidential campaign trail was a nightmare from its inception. Candidates called for prohibiting Muslim immigration, patrolling “Muslim neighborhoods,” closing mosques, and registering and tracking Muslims in a database. Trump, in particular, was notorious for kicking out Muslims peacefully protesting at his rallies. Muslim jokes about whether there [...]