``There has never been an America without Muslims``--so begins Amir Hussain, one of the most important scholars and teachers of Islam in America.
The fear of American Muslims in part stems from the stereotype that all followers of Islam are violent ex.
Memories of 9/11 and the rise of global terrorism fuel concerns about American Muslims.
Hussain, who is himself an American Muslim, contends that Muslims played an essential role in the creation and cultivation of the United States. ``There has never been an America without Muslims``--so begins Amir Hussain, one of the most important scholars and teachers of Islam in America