Muslim leader, not a current president, one unfairly scapegoated by tabloids? (9)
I believe the answer is:
immigrant
'muslim' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'leader not a current president one unfairly scapegoated by tabloids?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'leader' could be 'grant' (Grant is an example) and 'grant' is present in the answer.
'current' could be 'i' (symbol for electric current) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for immigrant that I've seen before include "One joining country" , "One moving from abroad" , "A settler from abroad" , "He's moved in" , "A new arrival" .)