Group: Senate flier exploits Hassan's 'Muslim-sounding name'

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group says a campaign flier targeting U.S. Senate candidate Maggie Hassan associates Muslims with violence and exploits her "Arab and Muslim-sounding name," though similar mailers are targeting candidates in other states and Hassan's last name has Irish roots.

The flier sent by the advocacy group One Nation shows a family in a weapon's crosshairs and highlights Hassan's support of last year's deal to curtail Iran's nuclear program.

"The mailing intentionally invokes the specter of terrorism and associates Muslims with violence against civilians in a clear attempt to sway voters using Islamophobia," director John Robbins said.