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The Muslim community in North America / edited by Earle H. Waugh, Baha Abu-Laban, and Regula B. Qureshi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims--North America.
- Muslims.
- Muslims--Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alta., Canada : University of Alberta Press, c1983.
- Summary:
- Fourteen scholars examine what it is like to be a Muslim in North America today-the pressures inherent in an increasingly secular society; the need for people from radically different cultures to work together to maintain their religion; and the struggles of black Muslims to graft an indigenous North American branch onto mainline Islam.
- Contents:
- ""Socio-Religious Behavior of Muslims in Canada: An Overview""""III: Muslim Immigrant Communities: Identity and Adaptation""; ""Pakistani Canadians: The Making of a Muslim Community""; ""The Nizari Ismaili Muslim Community in North America: Background and Development""; ""The Impact of the Islamic Revolution in Iran on the Syrian Muslims of Montreal""; ""IV: Islam and the Educational Establishment""; ""The Development of Islamic Studies in Canada""; ""Culture Conflict in the Classroom: An Edmonton Survey""; ""V: Indigenous Muslims""
- ""The American Muslim Mission in the Context of American Social History""""Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Final Call: Schism in the Muslim Movement""; ""VI: Statements from within the Tradition""; ""Islamic Ideals in North America""; ""The Future of the Islamic Tradition in North America""; ""VII: Appendices""; ""I: Directory of Muslim Associations in Canada""; ""II: Directory of Muslim Associations in the United States""; ""Muslim Student Associations""; ""Mosques""; ""Masjid Muhammads""; ""Sources of Publications""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""
- ""I""""J""; ""K""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Z""; ""Bibliography""
- Notes:
- "The majority of these studies were originally papers presented at the symposium on Islam in North America held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, from 27 to 31 May 1980"--Pref.
- Includes bibliography: p. [311]-316.
- ISBN:
- 1-4593-0430-6
- 1-4175-9308-3
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