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Religion and Ethics Report

Program: Have Democrats lost touch with their traditional supporters?

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It was the novel that sparked a geopolitical crisis. In 1988, Iran's leader Ayatollah Khomeini imposed a death sentence on Salman Rushdie for his book The Satanic Verses. Now, once-secret letters between the British and Malaysian prime ministers reveal the extent of tension between the West and Islamic world in the wake of the book's release. 

As Donald Trump names more controversial figures to his second-term administration, Democrats are wondering how they lost to such an unorthodox figure. And, have Democrats been showing contempt for working-class voters who were once part of their base? 

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US Elections, World Politics, Islam
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