The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chitwood, Ken.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Caribbean Area--History.

Islam.

Islam--Latin America--History.

Muslims--Caribbean Area--History.

Muslims.

Muslims--Latin America--History.

Latin America--Ethnic relations.

Latin America.

Caribbean Area--Ethnic relations.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

The "Muslim World" is often narrowly conceived as tied to the Middle East and North Africa, or more broadly as encompassing Africa's Sahel region, Southeast Asia, and perhaps parts of the Balkans. But what about Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC)? It is this question that inspired Ken Chitwood's book. Chitwood traces the story of Muslims in LAC: their deep roots in the region, as well as the current connections among the multiple Islamic networks of people, ideas, technology, finance, politics, and religion that extend across the Americas and beyond. Moving from pre-Columbian encounters to the present day, his rich account leaves the reader with a deeper understanding of an integral, but little recognized, part of both LAC and the Muslim World.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

copyright page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Ch1- Putting Muslims on the Map in Latin America and the Caribbean

An Americas Approach to Global Islam

Further Globalizing Global Islam

Why This Book?

Overview of the Book

Notes

Ch2- The Question of Pre-Columbian Contact

A Question of History

Quick and the Question of Pre-Columbian Contact in the Americas

Name It and Claim It

Ch3- Los Moros, Spain, and the Making of the New World

Longing for the "Ornament of the World"

Al-Andalus and the Making of the Americas

Muslim Servants, Conquistadors, Interpreters, Healers, and Colonizers

Muslims and the Imagining of the Americas

Andalusian Architecture in the Americas

Conclusion

Ch4- Enslaved Muslims and Their Enduring Legacy

Servants of Allah, Enslaved in the Americas

Inshallah and Insurrections

Enslaved Muslims' Legacy in the Americas

Ch5- Indentured Servants and Immigrants

Muslim Indentured Servants from India

Muslim Indentured Servants from Indonesia

Newcomers from the Middle East

Ch6- Halal in Brazil and the Global Muslim Economy

Why the Global Halal Economy Matters

Muslims in Brazil

Balancing Between "Elsewhere" and "Here"

Between Being Halal and Being Here

Muslim Economies in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

The Religious Economies of Global Islam

Ch7- Islamophobia and the War on Terror

The Global War on Terror and the Americas

The Question of Salafism, Jamaat al-Muslimeen, and Muslims in Trinidad

The Tenuous Place of Muslims in Argentina's Public Sphere

Fear and Terror Along the Triple Frontier

Ch8- Seeking a Better World in Mexico

Muslims in Mexico: Yesterday and Today

The Muslims of Chiapas.

The Murabitun World Movement

Is Another World Possible?

Ch9- The Contest for Sunni Hegemony in the Caribbean

Muslims in Cuba

Turkey's Growing Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mapping Turkey on Cuba, Reimagining Cuba as Muslim

Petro-Islam Flows into the Caribbean

Ch10- The Dream of a Latinx Muslim Homeland

Latinx Muslims in the United States-A Demographic Look

The Conversion Pathways of Latinx Muslims

Dreams of al-Andalus

Living as an "Imagined Diaspora"

Al-Andalus as Imagined Latinx Muslim Homeland

Ch11- The Americas as Part of a Broader "Muslim World

Areas for Further Consideration

Bibliography

Index

About the Book.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-62637-981-5

OCLC:

1312726124