OPS 4: American Muslims and the Future of American-Islamic World Relations

OPS 4: American Muslims and the Future of American-Islamic World Relations

Author: John L Esposito

Publisher: International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia

ISBN: 978-983-44274-4-3

It is estimated that American Muslims are now not only economically integrated into America, but that in fact the average American Muslim family earns a higher salary than the average American non-Muslim family. This is in complete contrast with Europe where the vast majority of Muslims arrived, from the 1960s onward, as blue-collar workers. There is also a considerable difference between how Muslims today live in Europe, and how they live in America. Dr. Esposito’s lecture provides a profile of American Muslims, who have emerged as a small but considerable factor of US American elections