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FOR MEDIA OR OTHER INQUIRIES: Besheer Mohamed, Senior Researcher Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director of Research Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research Anna Schiller, Communications Manager 202.419.4372 RECOMMENDED CITATION Pew Research Center, July 26, 2017, "U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream"

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About Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does not take policy positions. The Center conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. It studies U.S. politics and policy; journalism and media; internet, science and technology; religion and public life; Hispanic trends; global attitudes and trends; and U.S. social and demographic trends. All of the Center's reports are available at . Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. ? Pew Research Center 2017



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Acknowledgments

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at religion.

Primary Researchers Besheer Mohamed, Senior Researcher Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director of Research

Research Team

Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research Jessica Hamar Mart?nez, Senior Researcher

Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac, Research Associate Becka A. Alper, Research Associate

Claire Gecewicz, Research Analyst

Katayoun Kishi, Research Associate

Conrad Hackett, Associate Director, Research

Neha Sahgal, Associate Director, Research

Anne Fengyan Shi, Senior Researcher

Jeffrey Passel, Senior Demographer

Phillip Connor, Senior Researcher

Scott Gardner, Senior Researcher

Stephanie Kramer, Research Associate

Jonathan Evans, Research Analyst

Samirah Majumdar, Research Analyst

Ariana Monique Salazar, Research Analyst

Kelsey Jo Starr, Research Assistant

Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa, Data Manager

Methodology Team Courtney Kennedy, Director, Survey Research Nick Bertoni, Panel Manager

Andrew Mercer, Senior Methodologist Nicholas Hatley, Research Analyst

Editorial and Graphic Design Michael Lipka, Senior Editor David Masci, Senior Writer/Editor Aleksandra Sandstrom, Copy Editor Bill Webster, Information Graphics Designer

Jeff Diamant, Senior Writer/Editor Geneive Abdo, Senior Writer/Editor Diana Yoo, Associate Director, Design

Communications and Web Publishing

Stacy Rosenberg, Associate Director, Digital

Travis Mitchell, Digital Producer

Shannon Greenwood, Associate Digital Producer Anna Schiller, Communications Manager



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Others at Pew Research Center who gave valuable feedback on this report include Michael Dimock, president; James Bell, vice president of global strategy; Claudia Deane, vice president of research; Carroll Doherty, director of political research; and Jocelyn Kiley, associate director of research. Pew Research Center received valuable advice on all phases of this project from a panel of expert advisers: Ihsan Bagby, associate professor in the department of Islamic studies at the University of Kentucky; Edward E. Curtis IV, Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts and professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Zareena Grewal, associate professor of American studies and religious studies at Yale University; Amaney A. Jamal, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics at Princeton University and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice; Imam Mohamed Magid, executive imam of All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center; Dalia Mogahed, director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding in Washington, D.C.; and Farid Senzai, associate professor in the department of political science at Santa Clara University. In addition, Clara Huergo, Pew Research Center administrative coordinator, helped organize logistics for the advisory panel. While the analysis for this report was guided by our consultation with the advisers, Pew Research Center is solely responsible for the interpretation and reporting of the data.



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Table of Contents

Overview 1. Demographic portrait of Muslim Americans 2. Identity, assimilation and community 3. The Muslim American experience in the Trump era 4. Political and social views 5. Terrorism and concerns about extremism 6. Religious beliefs and practices 7. How the U.S. general public views Muslims and Islam Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Survey methodology Appendix C: Topline

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