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How Do Muslim Americans Use Popular Culture?

By Guest PostOctober 21, 2011Cultureamerican, cultural techniques, grand valley state university, hijabi monologues, islam inflected culture, islamophobia, metrospace, michigan state university, migrations of islam, music to visual art, muslim, muslim americans, muslim culture, muslim subjects, muslims and islam, salah hassan, the taqwacores

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Facing “Islamophobia” and widespread hostility, Muslim Americans have adopted cultural techniques to make their voices heard, according to Michigan State University faculty who will use a grant to conduct a yearlong study of Islam-inflected culture.

MSU’s Muslim Studies Program and Asian Studies Center were recently awarded $100,000 from the Social Science Research Council for “Migrations of Islam.” (more…)

Survey: Killing of Bin Laden Worsened Americans’ Views of U.S. Muslims

By Guest PostJuly 21, 2011Politicsal qaeda, americans, anti muslim feelings, bin laden, death of osama bin laden, erik nisbet, evangelical christians, islam, make america a more dangerous place to live, media coverage, michelle ortiz, muslim americans, muslims, political liberals, terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist organization, united states, united states today, us military campaign, yasamin miller

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Instead of calming fears, the death of Osama bin Laden actually led more Americans to feel threatened by Muslims living in the United States, according to a new nationwide survey.

In the weeks following the U.S. military campaign that killed bin Laden, the head of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, American attitudes toward Muslim Americans took a significant negative shift, results showed. (more…)