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Article: Report on Muslim Americans chips away at myths about Islam.
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- Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
- Article date:
- March 3, 2009
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WASHINGTON: Muslim American women are educated, active in the workforce and on an equal footing with men in terms of income, according to a report released Monday, which analysts said chips away at myths associated with Islam.
"What we learned in the study is that US Muslim women are roughly equal to men and to women who are non-Muslims in America in their level of education, level of income, level of religiosity and mosque attendance," Ahmed Younis, a senior analyst at the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, told reporters.
"The Achilles Heel that has always existed -- that Muslims are 'not like us' because their women are oppressed -- well, the data ...