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There are plenty of Muslims who live faithfully in the United States.

The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.

Muslim Americans in general tend to be an underrepresented political group.

We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam.

But 85 percent of the mosques have extremist leadership in this country. Most Muslims, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, are loyal Americans.

All I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands for. And I am a Muslim.

Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.

Not every Muslim is out to get us.

In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.

Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.