Muslims in a Post-9/11 America - 9780472073870

The University of Michigan Press

Muslims in a Post-9/11 AmericaA Survey of Attitudes and Beliefs and Their Implications for U.S. National Security Policy\nAuthor(s): Rachel M. Gillum\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472073870, 978-0472073870\nSynopsis\nMuslims in a Post-9/11 America examines how public fears about Muslims in the United States compare with the reality of American Muslims attitudes on a range of relevant issues. While most research on Muslim Americans focuses on Arab Muslims, a quarter of the Muslim American population, Rachel Gillum includes perspectives of Muslims from various ethnic and national communitiesfrom African Americans to those of Pakistani, Iranian, or Eastern European descent. Using interviews and one of the largest nationwide surveys of Muslim Americans to date, Gillum examines more than three generations of Muslim American immigrants to assess how segments of the Muslim American commu.