ABSTRACT

Since11September2001,discussionhasmovedalongseverallineswithrespectto ideasaboutIslam.IntheUnitedStates,atleast,webeganwithakindof'allor nothing'approach,inwhichsomepeoplearguedthatIslamhadnothingtodowith theattacks,whileothersarguedjusttheopposite.BothcitedtheQur'anandother Islamicsources;neithertookusveryfar.