Muslims once admired America for wealth and success without moral suspicion

Evidence

For some, America represented freedom and justice and opportunity. For many more, it represented wealth and power and success, at a time when these qualities were not regarded as sins or crimes. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1552

Categorization

• CANDY: A compact, tweetable reversal: America was once admired, not resented, for wealth and power — that moral suspicion came later.