10 years later, Muslims divided on improving negative image

(RNS) After all the books, speeches, seminars, Facebook posts and mosque
open houses to teach Americans about Islam in the wake of 9/11,
Americans say they now know more about Islam than they did 10 years ago.
The problem, pollsters say, is that Americans don't seem to like
what they're learning.

Indeed, the percentage of Americans who say they know some or a
great deal about Islam climbed from 38 percent immediately after 9/11 to
44 percent in 2010, according to the Pew Research Center.

At the same time, Pew polls report, the percentage of Americans
with favorable views of Islam dropped, from 41 percent to 30 percent in
the past five years.