Heart And Soul - Muslims in the USA
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Iranian Karin Zarindast visits the US to examine its complex relationship with Islam and how US Muslims express their faith.
A reporter who grew up in Iran examines America's complicated relationship with Islam.
Karen Zarindast travels from New York to Texas to California, and points in between, to meet Muslims who live and practice their faith in the USA.
She finds some surprising people: a fashion designer who makes cool but conservative women's head coverings, an Imam who preaches about ethical uses of the iPhone, and a retired oil worker who keeps a Qur'an watching over his collection of cowboy boots and country music.
To a man and woman, the Muslims she meets who've lived elsewhere, say life in the US is better than where they came from.
But ten years after 9/11, many say the religious tolerance upon which America was built - and which they knew growing up - is not always evident.
They feel pressure to define for themselves what it means to be Muslim in the USA.
- Broadcast on BBC World Service, 1:32AM Mon, 5 Sep 2011
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC World Service, 12:32PM Sat, 3 Sep 2011
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- Duration 28 minutes
