title: Muslims in American History: A Forgotten Legacy
author: Jerald F. Dirks
description: Dr. Jerald F. Dirks holds A.B. and M.Div. degrees from Harvard University and an M.A. and Psy.D. from the University of Denver. He is the author of The Cross and the Crescent, AbrahamThe Friend of God, Understanding IslamA Guide for the Judaeo-Christian Reader, and The Abrahamic FaithsJudaism, Christianity, and Islam. Dr. Dirks has lectured widely throughout the United States and Canada on comparative religion and has been interviewed about Islam by several American newspapers and by American, Canadian, and Arabic television stations.
zlib_text: Behind the Backlash
  
  Behind the Backlash
  Muslim Americans after 9/11
  Lori Peek
  temple university press
  philadelphia
  
  Temple UniversiTy press
  philadelphia, pennsylvania 19122
  www.temple.edu/tempress
  Copyright © 2011 by Temple University
  All rights reserved
  published 2011
  library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication Data
  peek, lori A.
  Behind the backlash : muslim Americans after 9/11 / lori peek.
  p. cm.
  includes bibliographical references and index. 
  isBn 978-1-59213-982-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — isBn 978-1-59213-983-5
  (pbk. : alk. paper) — isBn 978-1-59213-984-2 (e-book)
  1. muslims—United states—Attitudes. 2. muslims—United states—ethnic identity. 
  3. muslims—United states—social conditions. 4. september 11 Terrorist Attacks, 
  2001—influence. 5. public opinion—United states. 6. Cultural pluralism—United states.  
  7. United states—ethnic relations. i. Title.
  e184.m88p44 2010 
  305.6'97073—dc22
   
   
   
   
   
   
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