Jaylani Hussein of CAIR-MN on challenges facing state's Muslims

Jaylani Hussein takes over as executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Minnesota (CAIR-MN) from the organization's co-founder this month.

The religious rights nonprofit has had some recent high-profile legal successes and plans to continue its advocacy of equal rights for Muslims.

Hussein joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the challenges and plans CAIR-MN will face in 2015.

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