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ASMA UDDIN, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 With the tenth anniversary of 9/11, Muslims and non-Muslims alike are reflecting on what we, as Americans, have achieved since that fateful day -- and all that is still left for us to do. For Muslims, this conversation is happening at multiple levels, as we struggle to make sense of not just the socio-political issues facing our faith community, but also the deeply personal, spiritual questions 9/11 has posed for us as individuals. At the community level, there is a growing understanding of the sophistication and resolve of our enemy. A recent report released by the Center for American Progress, "Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America," highlights the source of over $42 million dollars of funding for Islamophobic initiatives since 9/11/01, as well as the multiple media enablers and political players involved in growing and amplifying such messages of hate against the Muslim community. And it's not just hateful messages without any on-the-ground ramifications -- as the report mentions, the Norwegian terrorist, Anders Breivik, who in July shot and killed 68 people at a youth camp in Oslo, was motivated by the need to protect his country from "Muslimization." Meanwhile, here in America, the fear-mongering has led to many states considering anti-Sharia bills and ballot measures. The citizens of some of these states have taken matters into their own hands, protesting the building of mosques and vandalizing Muslim religious property.

• Release Date

  Sep 20, 2011

• Runtime

  26:37