American Muslims’ Da’wah Work and Islamic Conversion

Prior to the “9/11 attacks”, negative images of Islam in America were prevalent, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks made the situation for, and image of, Islam more sinister than before. Notwithstanding the extreme Islamophobia, one notes that, ironically in America, more people have been embracing Isla...

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Published in:Religions
Authors: Chen, Yufeng (Author) ; Dorairajoo, Saroja (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B American Muslims
B Da’wah work
B Islamic conversion
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