RBB, 1 March 2015, 14:04 - 15:00. Co-production NDR/DLF/RBB/SWR 2011, 55 Minutes. Producer: Ulrike Toma. By Thilo Guschas.
USAllah. The Islamic American dream.
There is no other country in the Western world where Muslims are as well integrated as in the USA. In contrast to Europe, they are thriving economically. Their level of education is higher than average, many are lawyers, IT experts and scientists. The Wall Street Journal even called American Muslime a role model for the rest of the United States. An American dream come true – one that contains a Koran. This takes place in country that has dismantled its civil rights in order to search for suspects for Muslim sleeper agents. Right-wing bloggers address resentments, see integration as a camouflage strategy. More than half of the population think that Muslims are bullied systematically. Outside the liberal metropolis cities, mistrust is barely disguised. Now Muslim comedians have started a counter attack and make fun of anomisities and fears: every American Muslim could be part of an Islamist terror cell...