| E4 - America's Other Muslims
Peter Skerry
The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 2005, v29, #4, pp16-28
"Today there are between two and three million Muslims living in the United States. Most of them -anywhere from two thirds to four-fifths - are immigrant-origin Muslims. Since 9/11 these newcomers have felt under siege yet challenged to become more directly involved in American society and politics. For potential allies and guides through this unfamiliar terrain, they have been turning to African-American Muslims." W.D. Mohammed's African-American Muslims followers reject racial and religious separatism and are firm believers in the American dream. The author discusses whether Imam Mohammed can help make America's immigrant Muslims more at home in their adopted country? Peter Skerry, a former Wilson Center fellow, teaches political science at Boston College and is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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