Journey Into America

What I Learned About America from Visiting 100 Mosques

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frankie Martin

It is this America, the true America, that inspires American Muslims to speak of their patriotism or millions upon millions of Muslims overseas to look to the US for justice, wisdom, and hope.

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A Journey into America, Past and Present

Akbar Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Akbar Ahmed

Muslims are for Americans what the Russians were for Churchill: "A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." While the post-9/11 period brought...

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Film on American Muslims Can Help Europe Understand Islam

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frankie Martin

Nestled in a medieval village in the French countryside, we ate delicious international food and watched four films a day from all corners of the world.

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Celebrating July 4th with Rick Warren and 45,000 Muslims

Frankie Martin | Posted 11.17.2011

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Frankie Martin

This 4th of July I celebrated America's Independence with Pastor Rick Warren, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and 45,000 Muslims as a part of the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention.

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Discovering America

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frankie Martin

In every country that we visited, the idea that Americans harbored negative opinions of Muslims was named as the "number one threat to the Muslim world" in surveys we distributed.

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