I guess we don't want to let Reverend Hagge see this article!

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http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080623/NEWS01/80623006/1079

'First Muslim country singer' got start in Iowa City

Brian Morelli • Iowa City Press-Citizen • June 23, 2008

A man being tabbed as the first known Muslim country and western singer got his start in Iowa City.

After self-releasing two albums through an Iowa City recording studio, Kareem Salama is starting to catch on, and people are telling him he is one of a kind.

“That’s what they say, that he is the first Muslim country music singer. But, I don’t know that for a fact,” the 2007 University of Iowa College of Law alumnus said.

The son of Egyptian immigrants, Salama was raised in Oklahoma and Texas where twangy rhythms are the norm. With a thick Southern accent, the devout Muslim said the country sound is a natural fit for him.

“I sing country music and since I am a Muslim it surprises people, but it shouldn’t be a surprise because a lot of people where I grew up like country music,” the 30-year-old who currently resides in Southeast Texas said.
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You know that he's probably already conjuring up an explanation that Iowa City got hit hard because of its very high per capita gay population! This would fuel his fire!

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1. New Orleans is touted as the Iowa City on the Bayou!!

[liberal N proud]

2. That explains it

The Iowa floods that is.

Or so Hagge and his cohorts would proclaim.

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