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August 31, 2011

LA Times: Muslim survey shows contentment in America

by Rick Rojas
Los Angeles Times

A survey of Muslim Americans released Tuesday portrays a community largely content with its place in American society and optimistic about the country's direction, despite concerns about anti-Muslim discrimination in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks.

The poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that Muslims in the United States are more satisfied than other Americans with the way things are going in the country. A majority said that most Muslims who come to the U.S. want to adopt American customs and ways of life.

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