African American Muslim Leaders and the War in Iraq
Lawrence Mamiya Saturday, 1 March 2008
President George W. Bush's preemptive war in Iraq, begun in March 2003, has stirred many passionate views among both immigrant and African American Muslims in the United States. Some immigrant Muslims, especially Iraqi refugees who fled to the U.S. during Saddam Hussein's reign, have been supportive of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. However, the majority of Muslims in the United States, both immigrant and native, have been highly critical. In a 2007 Pew Research Center survey of Muslim Americans, the data indicated that most Muslim Americans say that the U.S. made the wrong decision in using military force against Iraq (75% wrong decision vs. 12% right decision). Muslims were much more likely than Americans in general (47%) to say that invading Iraq was the wrong decision. Native-born Muslims, largely African Americans, were more likely than the foreign-born to say that using force in Iraq was the wrong decision (85% vs. 70%).
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