best of them and looking at how the story has moved on today we are rewinding 10 years to 2008 and rogge amar set out on a unique journey across the united states to get to the heart of what it meant to be muslim in america and that was back in the decade of $911.00 and the iraq war that followed since then of course the world has turned with the rise of isis the political upheavals that followed the arab spring the chaos of us and gulf 1st libya then syria and of course the election of donald trump and his travel ban so today it's more important than ever to understand the history of a vibrant diverse and still growing muslim community and what it means to be both muslim and a patriot here's islam in america from 2008. oh says. cecil i want to take your brother this way because that. would. have. you. mention america and islam and most people think of irreconcilable conflict but i suspect that's not the whole story in this 2 part series i hope to discover the truth relationship that's evolving between the 2. there is said to be 8000000 muslims in the united states and the faith is said to be