Is There Less Anti-Islamic Sentiment Among Blacks? →
It goes without saying that Americans have had a turbulent relationship with Islam in recent decades. Not only have African-American converts faced direct anti-Islamic sentiment for many years, but in the days following Sept. 11, many in the U.S. — including elected leaders — seemed to reflexively adopt an outright disdain for Arab Muslims (see Rep. Peter King telling Politico that the U.S. has “too many mosques”). The ensuing years, which have included two U.S.-led wars in the Middle East and frequent terror threats against the West, have done little to ease tensions between the largely Judeo-Christian American public and the Muslim world.
