In a historic first, mosques are used as caucus sites in Iowa to encourage Muslim voter participation

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• Mosques were approved as caucus sites in Iowa for the first time ever this year.
• Five mosques in the Des Moines area were used as caucus sites during the first 2020 Democratic primary contest on Monday. 
• Muslims make up roughly 1% of adults among the nearly 3.2 million people who live in Iowa. 
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For the first time ever, mosques were approved to be used as caucus sites in Iowa for the first Democratic primary contest on Monday. 

In an effort to increase participation amid an era of increased Islamophobia in the US, the Iowa Democratic party approved five mosques in the Des Moines area as official satellite caucus locations, Al Jazeera reported. Muslims make up roughly 1% of adults among the nearly 3.2 million people who live in Iowa. 

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