Dubai Initiative associate Karam Dana is interviewd for an article about the 2012 presidential elections in the U.S. and the influence Muslim-Americans will have on the vote. The article also cites Dana's paper on Muslim-American political participation, "The American Muslim Voter: What Explains Voting When Nobody Cares?"

The perception of Muslims living in the United States has deteriorated dramatically since the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. U.S.-Muslims, a group that had already faced discrimination prior to the attacks, became even more visible to the public.Non-Muslim Americans began questioning American Muslim loyalties to the United States as well as their commitment to being “good” citizens. Such doubt extended to the political arena as well, prompting intrusive inquiries into Muslim-affiliated civic and political organizations and their members. Even non-Muslims with Muslim affiliations or Muslim-sounding names or appearances have been subject to public scrutiny.

Religious institutions and places of worship have played a pivotal role in American Politics. What about the role of the mosque? Does the mosque, as an institution, in any sense play a different role than that of churches or synagogues in political participation? Some scholars have argued that Islam as a religion and a culture is incompatible with liberal, democratic American values; not only is Islam inconsistent with the West, but it poses a direct conflict.

Earlier this week, we heard from guests including the Consul General of Israel to New England about the possible UN vote on Palestinian statehood. Tonight we welcome in Dr. Karam Dana, Palestinian-American and Research Fellow from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, to present the other side of this contentious issue. What do you think the United States’ role in global politics should be? How should we handle this delicate issue?

Dubai Initiative Fellow Karam Dana and coprincipal investigator of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey is quoted in OnIslam News about civic and political participation of Muslim Americans.

Dubai Initiative Fellow Karam Dana is quoted in NorthJersey.com news about the results of his research as co-principal investigator of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey.

WGBH's Emily Rooney is joined by Dr. Karam Dana, a Dubai Initiative Research Fellow and author of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey, to discuss the recent congressional hearings on the radicalization of US Muslims.

Dubai Initiative Fellow Karam Dana speaks to the Huffington Post about his findings as coprincipal investigator of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey. The largest survey of its kind, Dana found that there is a positive relationship between religiousity and civic and political participation among Muslim Americans.

Dr. Karam Dana, Dubai Initiative Research Fellow and principal investigator of the MAPOS study discusses the results of his national study of Muslim Americans and how mosque involvement and religiosity is associated with greater support for the American political system.

Dubai Initiative Fellow Karam Dana published an op-ed on CNN.com with Matt A. Barreto on the positive influence of mosques on both Muslim Americans and on the US as a whole. The article was written in response to both comments made by Rep. Peter King and the publication of their study, the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey.