A one-man fight
Live chat with Abdirizak Bihi, director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center.
Readers respond
Muslim readers give their thoughts on radicalization and how they talk to their children.
Under Suspicion: Muslims in America
A decade after the Sept. 11 attacks, The Washington Post examines the struggle by Muslims to reconcile their American identity with their faith.
Voices about Muslims in America
In dozens of video interviews, Americans of all religious backgrounds candidly talk about the roots of suspicion, misunderstandings about Islam and confronting their own fears.
Laughs for Islam
In a full-frontal attack on Islamophobia, a group of Muslim comedians hit Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee to combat stereotypes.
A son’s conversion to Islam divides his family
Islam has long held a special place among African Americans — but when a Christian preacher’s son adopted it, his relatives struggled.
The public face of an embattled mosque
Almost no other mosque in the country has been linked to as many cases of alleged terrorism as Dar Al-Hijrah in Northern Virginia.
Obama’s outreach toward Muslims is limited at home
President Obama’s tepid efforts to reverse the public’s negative impressions of its Muslim citizens in post-9/11 America have largely failed, disappointing Muslim American leaders.
A dilemma for law enforcement
A prosecutor proud of his dialogue with Muslims is also pursuing a controversial terrorism case.
Local U.S. Islamic leader struggles to put raids behind him
Nearly a decade ago, federal agents looking for evidence of terrorism financing swarmed Iqbal Unus’s home and office in Northern Virginia. He was never charged with anything, but also never cleared.
Muslim activist struggles as one-man counter against lure of terrorism
One Muslim activist struggles to steer Somali American youths from the lure of jihad.
U.S. Muslims search for identity
The more Muslims feel singled out, the more they focus on their own divisions.
Conversations
Muslims in America: Have you felt under suspicion?
Continuing our series of stories on Muslims in America, we turn our attention to the sometimes tense relationship between law enforcement and Muslims. Readers respond with their thoughts on whether they have been the object of suspicion because of their faith.
Muslims in America: Defending faith
We highlight three readers who discuss whether or not it is difficult to be Muslim in this country.
Live chat: Muslims and ‘the American way’
Live chat with Ibrahim Moiz, a Muslim lawyer in Fairfax County.
Galleries
Prosecuting terror suspects, post-9/11
In Boston, one assistant U.S. attorney works to gain the trust of Muslim.
Glossary of Islamic terms
A brief glossary of some of the most commonly used words and phrases in Islamic religion and culture.
Timeline: History of Muslims in America
From the construction of the first American mosques in the early 1900’s to the election of the first U.S. Congressmen, Muslims have had a long history in the United States.
Latest headlines
U.S. Muslims see Obama as ‘friendly’; GOP unfriendly
More than three-quarters of U.S. Muslims approve of President Obama’s job performance and 64 percent say he is “friendly” toward Muslim Americans, according to a rare study of public opinion among one of the nation’s smallest but most high-profile religious groups.
Five myths about the Muslim Brotherhood
How great is the Islamist group’s influence?
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