VIDEO: U.S. muslims fear Trump and Carson’s rhetoric may fuel Islamophobic wave

Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fueled by two of the Republican Party’s most popular presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ben Carson.

Many of the country's 2.8 million Muslims say such tensions could become uglier during a presidential race that they fear is already tapping a vein of anger and bigotry.

Donald Trump suggest Obama was our first Muslim president http://t.co/QYVXhwFN9i pic.twitter.com/JPrWlM2JjJ

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 20, 2015

Congrats, Ben Carson. You're now officially as racist and Islamophobic as Donald Trump. #islamophobia https://t.co/M4Or039tNJ

— Hannah (@HannahRBMC) September 20, 2015