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Article: Barriers to American Muslims' Political Cohesiveness Are Largely Internal
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- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Barriers to American Muslims' Political Cohesiveness Are Largely Internal
Dr. Muqtedar Khan is assistant professor of international relations at Adrian College in Michigan.
The growth of Islam in America, driven by migration and conversions, has created a diverse and multicultural Muslim community. While scholars are busy studying how this community is faring in the pluralist and multicultural environment of the U.S., very little attention has been paid to the fact that the American Muslim community itself is a multicultural community.
Composed of people from all races, and from nearly every country on the planet, American Muslims have rapidly become a microcosm of the global Muslim ...