Islam and the United States [rebroadcast]

BackStory

Education, History

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2015

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of BackStory, we’ll take a look at the long and surprising history of America’s relationship with Islam, from the Barbary Wars of the early 19th century to the clash between American-born Muslims and more recent immigrants from the Middle East. What does it mean to be Muslim in America? And how has the practice of Islam in the U.S. changed over time?

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0:30.0	This is backstory. I'm Ed Ayers.
0:32.0	It's going to get worse and worse. You're going to have more world trade centers.
0:36.0	It's going to get worse and worse folks.
0:39.0	That's Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump trying to justify his proposed
0:45.0	ban on Muslims entering the United States.
0:48.0	Trump's argument, widely condemned today, wouldn't have had much traction 200 years ago either.
0:53.0	That's when America entered its first conflict in the Islamic world by going to war
0:58.0	with Muslim pirates. Unlike today, religion wasn't even an issue.
1:03.0	They're not going to war, I don't think, in 1801, with Islam because they don't
1:08.0	actually know enough about Islam to go to war with Islam.
1:11.0	Today on the show, the often overlooked history of Islam in America.
1:16.0	We'll under the legacy of Muslim slaves and listen for Islamic influences on some of
1:21.0	hip-hop's early innovators.
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