In 2010 Brookings will publish a follow-up to Akbar Ahmed's Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization entitled Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam. Ahmed's new book follows the Muslim professor as he sets out to discover America with a team of young Americans. They visited over 75 cities and more than 100 mosques in an unprecendented project interviewing countless Americans in their homes, schools, and places of worship. "Journey into America" the movie premieres Saturday, July 4 at 9 p.m at the Washington DC Convention Center as a part of the Islamic Film Festival at the Islamic Society of North America's (ISNA) annual convention.
- Learn more about "Journey into America" from Frankie Martin's HuffPo post, "Discovering America"
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