Akbar S. Ahmed - Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam

Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam

His current project, Journey into America, is a study based in fieldwork of Muslims in America. It has resulted in a full length documentary, Journey into America, which has been shown at several film festivals and the book, Journey into America; the Challenge of Islam (Brookings Press, June 2010).

  • Washington Post, A spiritual journey across America.
  • News Statesman, Jinnah and Pakistan.
  • Dawn Newspaper, by Reviewed By Karamatullah K. Ghori.
  • National Review, by Clifford D. May.
  • BBC.
  • Foreign Policy’s review of Journey into America by Gerard Russell . Russell was in charge of the British government’s outreach to the Muslim world in 2001-2003. He is now an Afghanistan/Pakistan Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights.
  • Fox News interview on Journey into America.
  • On the Daily Show.
  • Voice of America on Journey.
  • U.S. Department of State on Journey.
  • The Washington Post video interview with Akbar Ahmed.
  • The Washington Post article, by Akbar Ahmed.
  • NPR on Journey.
  • The Huffington Post, by John Milewski.
  • The Huffington Post, by Frankie Martin.
  • The Washington Post, by Jeff Stein.
  • The book was discussed on BBC America and BBC World on May 31, at 7 pm, and again on June 10, at 12.15.
  • The U.K. Guardian Newspaper.
  • National Cathedral Review of Journey into America - by The Rev. Dr. Carol M. Flett, Interfaith Programs Coordinator Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  • News Channel 8 with Akbar Ahmed.
  • Review of Journey into America by Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, former Pakistani Ambassador to the UK and US.
  • Common Ground News Service on Journey.
  • Pakistan Link on Journey.

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