American Muslims Thesis

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What is the Truth About American Muslims: Questions and Answers is a resource created jointly by Interfaith Alliance and the Religious Freedom Education Project. In the resource paper titled What is the Truth About American Muslims? Questions and Answers republished by an anonymous team at Southern Poverty Law Center, the thesis is clearly stated right away. The team starts off with a strong statement that eventually wraps the whole article up in the end; the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment. These clauses are there to make sure the government remains neutral to all citizens of America. This research paper was very well done and is an excellent source to use for the essay, not only is it full of information, and easy to follow, all the sources that were used are cited as other resources as well. Contained in the research paper there were many things that were helpful when writing the essay. The authors started of talking about the Amendment and Clauses that protected religious freedom. They included much detail, and in great depth. For example

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