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Muslims on the Americanization path? / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, John L. Esposito.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims--United States.
- Muslims.
- Islam--United States.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Like all religious and ethnic minorities in America, Muslims are faced with the quandary of integration vs assimilation. In this volume scholars consider the issues that surround this dilemma and examine the varied responses of the Muslim community.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Muslims in America or American Muslims; PART I: The American Path Option: Between Tradition and Reality; 1 The Dynamics of Islamic Identity in North America; 2 Striking a Balance: Islamic Legal Discourses on Muslim Minorities; 3 The Fiqh Councilor in North America; 4 Muslims and Identity Politics in America; PART II: North American Pluralism and the Challenge of the Veil; 5 The Hijab and Religious Liberty: Anti-Discrimination Law and Muslim Women in the United States; 6 Muslim Women in Canada: Their Role and Status as Revealed in the Hijab Controversy
- 7 American Women Choosing IslamPART III: Americans on the Islamization Path? The African-American Experience; 8 Identity and Destiny: The Formative Views of the Moorish Science Temple and the Nation of Islam; 9 African-American Muslims and the Question of Identity: Between Traditional Islam, African Heritage, and the American Way; 10 Understanding the Multi-Ethnic Dilemma of African-American Muslims; PART IV: Americanization and the Preservation of Cultural Identity; 11 Muslims and the American Press
- 12 Economic Security and Muslim Identity: A Study of the Immigrant Community in Durham, North Carolina13 Approaches to Mosque Design in North America; Selected Bibliography
- Notes:
- Originally published: Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, 1998.
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028559-1
- 0-19-774019-7
- 1-280-65513-5
- 0-19-803092-4
- OCLC:
- 252621036
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