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Article: EDITORIAL: Middle-Class Muslims.(Editorial)
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2007
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May 29--Since at least Sept. 11, 2001, many have wondered what, exactly, Muslim Americans believe. Are they put-upon peace lovers or sneaky supporters of jihad? In the absence of any comprehensive, independent research, it was difficult to know for sure.
Until now. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center has the results of the first-ever national survey of Muslim Americans. The results are generally encouraging.
The survey found that most U.S. Muslims -- numbering an estimated 2.4 million -- are content middle-class folks who have assimilated rapidly.
Social mobility, financial success and lack of alienation puts American Muslims dramatically at ...