Transcript: Islam in America - Part 2

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Lynn Neary examines the growth of Islam among African Americans in the second of a three-part series. Neary visits Harlem, where a resurgence of Islam has been under way since the 1960s.

BOB EDWARDS, Host: This is Morning Edition; I'm Bob Edwards. What was billed as the Million Man March in Washington last month focused attention on Louis Farrakhan and the organization he leads, the Nation of Islam. It's estimated that the Nation of Islam has 10,000 to 20, 000 members. Then, there is orthodox Islam, a religion which, according to the American Muslim Council, has more than 2 million adherents among American blacks. In part two of our series on American ...

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