The Muslims of America /edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad.

The Muslims of America /edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad. - New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1991. - x, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Religion in America series .

Papers presented at a conference held on the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts, April 1989.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Muslims of America Muslim organizations in the United States Estimate of Muslims living in America Perspectives of the American churches on Islam and the Muslim community in North America The Muslim as the "other" : representation and self-image of the Muslims in America Ismail R. al-Faruqi : Muslim scholar-activist Seyyed Hossein Nasr : defender of the sacred and Islamic traditionalism The legacy of Fazlur Rahman Political activity of Muslims in America Dawah in the West Muslims in prison : claims to constitutional protection of religious liberty Islamic education in the United States and Canada : conception and practice of the Islamic belief system African-American Muslim women Two-way acculturation : Muslim women in America between individual choice (liminality) and community affiliation (communitas) Islamic issues for Muslims in the United States American foreign policy in the Middle East and its impact on the identity of Arab Muslims in the United States Convergence and divergence in an emergent community : a study of challenges facing U.S. Muslims Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- Gutbi Mahdi Ahmed -- Carol L. Stone -- Byron L. Haines -- Abubaker al-Shingiety -- John L. Esposito -- Jane I. Smith -- Frederick M. Denny -- Steven A. Johnson -- Larry A. Poston -- Kathleen Moore -- Nimat Hafez Barazangi -- Beverly Thomas McCloud -- Marcia K. Hermansen -- John O. Voll -- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- Sulayman S. Nyang.



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