Managing American Islam

I never considered America to be a safe haven for individual members of religious or ethnic groups. I do understand that America is "the land of the free" where individuals can choose to practice their own religion (within reason) and express their opinions, however the thought that the American Society can serve as a catalyst   to the rights and freedoms of individuals within a religious, ethnic, or interest based faction never occurred to me. I am referring to the articles mention of the flourishing of Islamic feminism in American.