Terrorists Among Us: Jihad in America

Terrorists Among Us Jihad in America is a documentary by Steven Emerson. It first aired in the United States in 1994 on the PBS series Frontline. The documentary has won numerous awards for journalism,citation needed including the George Polk Award for best television documentary.

In 1995, U.S. representatives Bill McCollum of Florida and Gary Ackerman of New York distributed the videotape to every member of the House of Representatives, accompanied by a letter urging them to watch the documentary before the House began debating antiterrorism legislation that summer. The move was decried by Arab American and Muslim leaders for linking terrorism to Arabs and Muslims.Attention to Emerson and his work were renewed following the September 11, 2001 attacks by terrorists on the United States later in 2001, Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey credited Emersons documentary with helping to pass a recent antiterrorism bill in the House. ........

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