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Backlash 9/11

Backlash 9/11 Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Volume 11, Number 3, September 2009 REVIEW ARTICLE MARITSA V. POROS ANNY BAKALIAN and MEHDI BOZORGMEHR, Backlash 9/11: Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans Respond (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2009), 348 pp., ISBN 978-0-520-25735-1 (pbk) $21.95, £14.95 On 4 June 2009, US President Barack Obama, speaking from the elegant Major Reception Hall at Cairo University, extended a message of peace and reconciliation to the ‘Muslim world’. He stated that the purpose of his visit was to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles—principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. For Obama, America and Islam are not only inclusive of each other in the international arena, they are equally intertwined within the USA: And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. They have fought in our wars, they have served in our government, they have stood for civil rights, they have started businesses, they http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies Taylor & Francis

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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Volume 11, Number 3, September 2009 REVIEW ARTICLE MARITSA V. POROS ANNY BAKALIAN and MEHDI BOZORGMEHR, Backlash 9/11: Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans Respond (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2009), 348 pp., ISBN 978-0-520-25735-1 (pbk) $21.95, £14.95 On 4 June 2009, US President Barack Obama, speaking from the elegant Major Reception Hall at Cairo University, extended a message of peace and reconciliation to the ‘Muslim...
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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Volume 11, Number 3, September 2009 REVIEW ARTICLE MARITSA V. POROS ANNY BAKALIAN and MEHDI BOZORGMEHR, Backlash 9/11: Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans Respond (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2009), 348 pp., ISBN 978-0-520-25735-1 (pbk) $21.95, £14.95 On 4 June 2009, US President Barack Obama, speaking from the elegant Major Reception Hall at Cairo University, extended a message of peace and reconciliation to the ‘Muslim world’. He stated that the purpose of his visit was to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles—principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. For Obama, America and Islam are not only inclusive of each other in the international arena, they are equally intertwined within the USA: And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. They have fought in our wars, they have served in our government, they have stood for civil rights, they have started businesses, they

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