Embassy Row: Reviewing 9/11

Embassy Row: Reviewing 9/11

by James Morrison
Washington Times
August 31, 2006

Foreign Muslims fear Americans, and Americans are growing suspicious of them.

That potentially explosive mix worries some U.S. Middle East observers, as the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks approaches. Diplomats and scholars from Americans for Informed Democracy, the Brookings Institution and the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University have invited 300 young leaders from Islamic nations to Washington for a summit designed to promote better U.S.-Muslim relations.

The organizers noted that opinion polls in Islamic countries show 90 percent of Muslims think the United States is the greatest threat to their nations, while 40 percent of Americans in a survey acknowledge "feelings of prejudice against Muslims."