The Columbia sourcebook of Muslims in the United States / Edward E. Curtis IV, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curtis, Edward E., IV, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--United States--History--Sources.

Muslims.

Muslims--United States--Social conditions--Sources.

Islam--United States--History--Sources.

Islam.

Religion.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Social conditions.

United States--Ethnic relations--Sources.

United States.

United States--Religion--Sources.

United States--Religious life and customs--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvii, 452 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]

Contents:

1 Whispers and Echoes: American Muslims Before World War I 1

1 / Omar ibn Sayyid The Autobiography of Omar ibn Sayyid (1831) 5

2 / Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb Islam in America (1893) 9

3 / Edward Wilmot Blyden "Islam in the Western Soudan" (1902) 18

4 / George L. Root The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (1903, revised 1916) 22

5 WPA Interviews with Mary Juma and Mike Abdallah (1939) 29

2 Contact and Divergence: Immigrant and African American Muslims from World War I to 1965 40

1 / Pir Inayat Khan "America: 1910-1912" (c. 1925) 46

2 / Moslem Sunrise "I Am a Moslem" (1921), "True Salvation of the 'American Negroes': The Real Solution of the Negro Question" (1923), "Crescent or Cross: A Negro May Aspire to Any Position Under Islam Without Discrimination" (1923), and "Living Flora-And Dead" (1924) 53

3 / Noble Drew Ali The Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple (1927) 59

4 / Shaikh Daoud Ahmed Faisal Al-Islam: The Religion of Humanity (1950) 64

5 / Imam Vehby Isma'il "Our Prophet, Muhammad" (1959) 72

6 / Abdo Elkholy The Arab Moslems in the United States (1966) 76

7 / Piri Thomas "God, Ain't You for Everybody?" from Down These Mean Streets (1967) 85

8 / Elijah Muhammad "What the Muslims Want" and "What the Muslims Believe," from Message to the Blackman in America (1965) 92

9 / Malcolm X Interview with Al-Muslimoon (1965) 96

3 American Islam After 1965: Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Diversities 105

1 / Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen "The Inner Qur'an," from Islam and World Peace (1987) 111

2 / W. D. Mohammed "Historic Atlanta Address" (1978) 116

3 Nation of Gods and Earths, "What We Teach," "Allah," and "Supreme Mathematics" (1992) 120

4 / Frances Trix Prologue to Spiritual Discourse: Learning with an Islamic Master (1993) 126

5 / Minister Louis Farrakhan "Million Man March Address" (1995) 130

6 / Jeffrey Lang Struggling to Surrender: Some Impressions of an American Convert to Islam (1995) 139

7 / Sally Howell "Finding the Straight Path: A Conversation with Mohsen and Lila Amen About Faith, Life, and Family in Dearborn," in Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream (2000) 148

8 / Damarys Ocana "Our Stories: A Leap of Faith," in Latina Magazine (2004) 158

9 / Islamic Horizons "Matrimonials" (2005) 166

10 / Asra Q. Nomani Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam (2005) 169

4 Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American Islam 179

1 / Leila Ahmed "From Abu Dhabi to America," in A Border Passage: From Cairo to America-A Woman's Journey (2000) 183

2 / Carol L. Anway Daughters of Another Path: Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam (1996) 188

3 / Tarajee Abdur-Rahim Interview in American Jihad: Islam After Malcolm X (1993) 198

4 / Asma Gull Hasan American Muslims: The New Generation (2000) 207

5 / Azizah al-Hibri "An Introduction to Muslim Women's Rights," in Windows of Faith: Muslim Women Scholar-Activists in North America (2002) 215

6 / Amina Wadud Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective (1999) 223

7 / Khalida Saed "On the Edge of Belonging," in Living Islam Outloud: American Muslim Women Speak (2005) 231

8 / Imam Zaid Shakir "An Examination of the Issue of Female Prayer Leadership" (2005) 239

9 / Laury Silvers "Islamic Jurisprudence, 'Civil' Disobedience, and Woman-Led Prayer" (2005) 246

10 / Ingrid Mattson "Can a Woman Be an Imam? Debating Form and Function in Muslim Women's Leadership" (2005) 252

5 American Muslim Politics and Civic Engagement After 9/11 264

1 Council of American-Islamic Relations, "The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States" (2005) 268

2 / Laila Al-Marayati "American Muslim Charities: Easy Targets in the War on Terror," in Pace Law Review (2005) 275

3 United States of America v. Earnest James Ujaama (2002) 287

4 Fiqh Council of North America, "Fatwa Against Terrorism" (2005) 293

5 / Omid Safi "Being Muslim, Being American After 9/11," in Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith (2002) 296

6 "Yaphett El-Amin for [Missouri] Senate District 4" (2006) 303

7 / Khaled Abou El Fadl "Islam and the Challenge of Democracy" (2003) 306

8 / Shamim A. Siddiqui "Islamic Movement in America-Why?" in Muslims and Islamization in North America: Problems and Prospects (1999) 315

9 American Islamic Congress, "A New Guide to Muslim Interfaith Dialogue" (2006) 322

10 / Patricia S. Maloof, Fariyal Ross-Sherriff "Challenges of Resettlement and Adaptation of Muslim Refugees," in Muslim Refugees in the United States: A Guide for Service Providers (2003) 329

6 American Muslim Spirituality and Religious Life 336

1 / Betty Hasan Amin "Hajj in a Wheelchair," Azizah Magazine (2002) 339

2 / Abdul Rauf "Who Is God?" in Qur'an for Children (1995) 346

3 / Shakina Reinhertz Women Called to the Path of Rumi: The Way of the Whirling Dervish (2001) 348

4 / Tazim R. Kassam "The Daily Prayer (Du'a) of Shi'a Isma'ili Muslims" (2001) 358

5 / Aminah McCloud, Frederick Thaufeer al-Deen A Question of Faith for Muslim Inmates (1999) 368

6 / Suhail Mulla Online Advice About Muslim Youth (2004 and 2005) 378

7 Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA), "Islamic Medical Ethics: The IMANA Perspective" (2005) 384

8 / Yahia Abdul-Rahman, Abdullah S. Tug "Introduction to LARIBA Financing" (1998) 395

9 / Capital D "Culture of Terrorism," from Insomnia (2004) 402.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-436) and index.

ISBN:

9780231139564

023113956X

OCLC:

132582024