Why Some Islamist Leaders Are Secretly Happy with Trump’s Victory | Middle East Forum

Over the election cycle the leaders and spokesmen of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) took full advantage of the unorthodox candidacy of president-elect Donald Trump to fuel their usual arguments about a bigoted, “Islamophobic” America.
Beneath their overheated rhetoric, however, Islamist social media activity in the hours after Trump’s victory suggests they see some silver linings.