American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion"There are as many as six million Muslims in the United States today. Islam (together with Christianity and Judaism) is now an American faith, and the challenges Muslims face as they reconcile their intense and demanding faith with our chaotic and permissive society are recognizable to all of us. This book takes readers into Muslim homes, mosques, and private gatherings to introduce a population of striking variety. An intricate mixture of ideologies and cultures, American Muslims include immigrants and native born, black and white converts, those who are well integrated into the larger society and those who are alienated and extreme in their political views. Even as many American Muslims succeed in material terms and enrich our society, Islam is enmeshed in controversy in the United States, as thousands of American Muslims have been investigated and interrogated in the wake of 9/11.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress. |
Contents
Muslims in America | 3 |
The Publisher | 15 |
The Scholar | 62 |
The Imam | 100 |
The Feminist | 134 |
The Mystics | 179 |
The Webmaster | 216 |
The Activist | 265 |
The Way Ahead | 277 |
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