Muslims in America : A Short History

A Short History

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam
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Author: Edward E. Curtis IV ISBN: 9780199745678
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Publication: September 2, 2009
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA Language: English
Author: Edward E. Curtis IV
ISBN: 9780199745678
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication: September 2, 2009
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English

Muslims are neither new nor foreign to the United States. They have been a vital presence in North America since the 16th century. Muslims in America unearths their history documenting the lives of African Middle Eastern South Asian European black white Hispanic and other Americans who have been followers of Islam. The book begins with the tale of Job Ben Solomon a 18th century African American Muslim slave and goes on to chart the stories of sodbusters in North Dakota African American converts to Islam in the 1920s Muslim barkeepers in Toledo the post-1965 wave of professional immigrants from Asia and Africa and Muslim Americans after 9/11. The book reveals the richness of Sunni Shi'a Sufi and other forms of Islamic theology ethics and rituals in the United States by illustrating the way Islamic faith has been imagined and practiced in the everyday lives of individuals. Muslims in America recovers the place of Muslims in the larger American story too. Showing how Muslim American men and women participated in each era of U.S. history the book explores how they have both shaped and have been shaped by larger historical trends such as the abolition movement Gilded Age immigration the Great Migration of African Americans urbanization religious revivalism the feminist movement and the current war on terror. It also shows how from the very beginning of American history Muslim Americans have been at once a part of their local communities their nation and the worldwide community of Muslims. The first single-author history of Muslims in America from colonial times to the present this book fills a huge gap and provides invaluable background on one of the most poorly understood groups in the United States.

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Muslims are neither new nor foreign to the United States. They have been a vital presence in North America since the 16th century. Muslims in America unearths their history documenting the lives of African Middle Eastern South Asian European black white Hispanic and other Americans who have been followers of Islam. The book begins with the tale of Job Ben Solomon a 18th century African American Muslim slave and goes on to chart the stories of sodbusters in North Dakota African American converts to Islam in the 1920s Muslim barkeepers in Toledo the post-1965 wave of professional immigrants from Asia and Africa and Muslim Americans after 9/11. The book reveals the richness of Sunni Shi'a Sufi and other forms of Islamic theology ethics and rituals in the United States by illustrating the way Islamic faith has been imagined and practiced in the everyday lives of individuals. Muslims in America recovers the place of Muslims in the larger American story too. Showing how Muslim American men and women participated in each era of U.S. history the book explores how they have both shaped and have been shaped by larger historical trends such as the abolition movement Gilded Age immigration the Great Migration of African Americans urbanization religious revivalism the feminist movement and the current war on terror. It also shows how from the very beginning of American history Muslim Americans have been at once a part of their local communities their nation and the worldwide community of Muslims. The first single-author history of Muslims in America from colonial times to the present this book fills a huge gap and provides invaluable background on one of the most poorly understood groups in the United States.

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