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The history of Islam in America begins in the context of rivalries and encounters of the Atlantic world that shaped the American republic. The presence of Muslims in the territories that eventually formed the United States of America dates back to the earliest arrivals of Europeans in the Americas. Muslims neither came to America in large ...
Dec 5, 2014 · Abstract. This Handbook offers an up-to-the-minute analysis of Islam in America by 30 of the best scholars in the field. It covers the initial growth of Islam in the US from the earliest arrivals through the beginnings of African American Islam, as well as the waves of pre- and post-WWII immigrants when Muslims had little sense of religious ...
Mar 1, 2011 · states that Islam was a means to deflect the stigma associated with the black race and to gain both recognition and self-respect. Muslims were negotiating their own under-
“This book gives readers a clear and accurate understanding of the actual lives, actions and beliefs of Muslim people in the United States, rather than some of the misleading messages crafted by politicians, religious figures and media outlets,” Considine said.
- Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu
- Karam Dana, Ph.D.
- Muslims as un-American:
- islam, Modernity and the West:
- Are Muslims in the u.s. a community?
- Commonality and Linked-Fate among Muslims in America:
- can Muslims be American?
- The Teachings of Islam and Participation in American Politics:
- Dana Figure 6
- Implications:
- T H e D u B A I I n I T I A T I v e
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It is predictable that Muslims would be seen in a negative light in Western societ-ies given that terrorists claiming to be Muslim were responsible for the tragic events of September 11th. Skepticism and denunciation of u.S. Muslims has gained traction, how-ever, because of voices that were heard before September 11th from scholars like Bernard lew...
Bernard lewis’s ideas represent the view that Islam and modernity are incompat-ible. However, other scholars have argued that Islam and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive. fethullah Gülen, a Turkish Muslim thinker and a global philanthropist, has been one of the more prominent figures to address the relationship between Islamic tradit...
In the most basic sense, what makes a community are the various connections that exist among its individuals. We can measure an individual’s sense of community by asking how strongly they feel a sense of linked-fate with others in their group, and to what extent what happens to these other individuals afects their own life.
The Muslim community in the u.S. is not only ethnically and linguistically diverse, it is also diverse with regards to the level of religiosity among its members. Despite this fact, Muslims have a strong sense of common identity, as is illustrated by figure 1. Indi-viduals in this community have a sense of commonality with one another that cannot b...
To examine the question of whether being both Muslim and American is paradoxi-cal, we analyzed questions about the role of mosques and cultural centers in American politics, the role of Islamic teachings (The Qur’an and Hadith) in American politics, and the basic characteristics of the Muslim American community. This examination provides frequencie...
religiosity, as a multi-faceted concept that cannot be measured simply by mosque atendance, is yet another crucial factor to consider when atempting to explore the Muslim community in the united States. When the sample was asked about whether the teachings of Islam (Qur’an and Hadith) are compatible with participation in the American political syst...
A litle over half of the sample (about 52%) self-reported that they either followed the Qur’an and Hadith very much and 9% followed it only a litle or not at all. These results are contrary to popular beliefs that all Muslims are more religious than other re-ligious groups in the u.S, as explained by Bernard lewis. further, the findings show that t...
The idea that there are inherent Islamic tendencies that make Muslims unable to live in non-Muslim societies is constantly being challenged, especially given that there has been no empirical data to support these claims. The MAPoS data specifically raises doubts about this claim since a majority of American Muslims surveyed viewed mosques and Islam...
The Dubai Initiative is a joint venture between the Dubai School of Government (DSG) and the Har-vard Kennedy School (HKS), supporting the establishment of DSG as an academic, research, and outreach institution in public policy, administration, and management for the Middle east. The primary objective of the Initiative is to bridge the expertise an...
Three sets of issues are most significant for further research and theory-building. First is the set of issues related to African American Muslims and their Islamic movements. Black Islamic legitimacy is often called into question by immigrant and other Muslims, yet they are a key group in the American context.
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Nov 22, 2018 · This book should be read by anyone with an interest in American Islam. After a brief introduction by the editor, Edward E. Curtis IV, twelve chapters explore various aspects of Islam as lived and experienced by American Muslims.
