Muslim Minorities in the West Visible and Invisible

by Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck; Smith, Jane I.; Lotfi, Abdelhamid; Moore, Kathleen; Saheed, Agha; Dannin, Robert M.; Griggs, Khalid Fattah; Schmidt, Garbi; David, Gary; Diouf, Sylviane A.; Naguib, Saphinaz-Amal; Helicke, James; Johns, A H.; Yasmeen, Samina; Shepa

• ISBN13: 9780759102187
• ISBN10: 075910218X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-11
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Noted scholars Haddad and Smith bring together outstanding essays on the distinct experiences of minority Muslim communities from Detroit, Michigan to Perth, Australia and the wide range of issues facing them. In their introduction, the authors trace the broad contours of the Muslim experience in Europe, America and other areas of European settlement and shed light on the common questions minority Muslims face of assimilation, discrimination, evangelism, and politics. This text provides a welcome introduction to these increasingly visible citizens of Western nations. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
The American Experience
Spreading the Word: Communicating Islam in America	p. 3
The Politics of Transfiguration: Constitutive Aspects of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998	p. 25
The American Muslim Paradox	p. 39
The Greatest Migration?	p. 59
Islamic Party in North America: A Quiet Storm of Political Activism	p. 77
The Complexity of Belonging: Sunni Muslim Immigrants in Chicago	p. 107
Being Arab and Becoming Americanized: Forms of Mediated Assimilation in Metropolitan Detroit	p. 125
The European Experience
Invisible Muslims: The Sahelians in France	p. 145
The Northern Way: Muslim Communities in Norway	p. 161
Turks in Germany: Muslim Identity "Between" States	p. 175
The Experience in Areas of European Settlement
Muslims in Australia: The Building of a Community	p. 195
Muslim Women as Citizens in Australia: Perth as a Case Study	p. 217
Muslims in New Zealand	p. 233
Muslims in South Africa: A Very Visible Minority	p. 255
Muslims in the Caribbean: Ethnic Sojourners and Citizens	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 279
Index	p. 289
About the Contributors	p. 303
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