Assistant journalism professor Nabil Echchaibi knew he was a pioneering researcher, but he said he didn't realize just how virgin the territory was until he and a team of University of Colorado at Boulder students began exploring Rocky Mountain Muslim communities.

Echchaibi, associate director of CU-Boulder's Center for Media, Religion and Culture -- which began the project more than a year ago -- aspires to write a cultural history for the region's Muslims.

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