Recently on the presidential campaign trail, one candidate said a Muslim should never hold that office and another offered no challenge when a supporter declared Muslims "a problem in this country." In Texas, a Muslim student was handcuffed when his homemade clock was misinterpreted as a bomb. And last week a man shouted "terrorists!" at members of a Parma mosque. On the Sound of Ideas, reaction and discussion with Northeast Ohio Muslims.

Guests:

Dr. Denise Spellberg, Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders

Imam Fouad Saeed, Islamic Center of Cleveland

Akrum Jamal, President of the Islamic Center of Clevleand

Julia Shearson, Executive Director of the Cleveland Chapter of CAIR

Sarah Mohammad, VP of the Muslim Student Association at Cleveland State University