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Article: Civic, political integration of American Muslims
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- The Arab American News
- Article date:
- December 8, 2007
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Copyright informationCopyright Arab American News Dec 8-Dec 14, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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America is known as a "melting pot," with many cultures, religions, ethnicities and races integrating into the mainstream American culture. Muslims have been a relatively new addition to the immigrant population. Their integration had just begun to progress when it came to an abrupt standstill with the events of September 11,2001.
According to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, American Muslim institutions were "underdeveloped, and they lacked strong, visible leaders," a fact which became especially clear in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Therefore, the Council developed a task force titled "Strengthening America: The Civic and Political Integration of Muslim Americans," as a tool ...
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