AMERICA & ISLAM

How to understand America's problem with Islam.

Acclaimed journalist Lawrence Pintak unpicks America's relationship with Islam since its foundation. Casting Donald Trump as a symptom of decades of misunderstanding and demonization of the Islamic world, as well as a cause of future tensions, Pintak shows how and why America's relationship with the world's largest religion has been so fractious, damaging and self-defeating.

Featuring unique interviews with victims and perpetrators of Trump's policies, as well as analysis of social media's role in inflaming debate, America and Islam provides a guide to the biggest problem faced by modern day America and sketches out a future based on co-operation and the reassertion of democratic values.

Lawrence Pintak is an award-winning journalist and scholar, former CBS News Middle East correspondent, and currently Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. USA. His work appears in The New York Times, ForeignPolicy.com, CNN.com, and the International Herald Tribune and he is frequently interviewed by NPR, CNN, Al Jazeera English, BBC and news organizations around the world. His books include Islam for Journalists (co-editor, 2014) and The New Arab Journalist (2011). Country of residence: USA