The Muslims of America by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad

The Muslims of America by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad brings together sixteen previously unpublished essays about the history, organisation, challenges, responses, outstanding thinkers and future prospects of the Muslim community in the United States and Canada. Growing out of a conference held at the University of Massachusetts, it gathers leading Islamic scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, in a single wide-ranging collection.

The essays focus on the manner in which American Muslims adapt their institutions as they become an increasingly indigenous part of America. They discuss American Muslim self-images and perceptions of Muslims by non-Muslim Americans, leading American Muslim intellectuals, political activity, Muslims in American prisons, Islamic education, the status of Muslim women, and the impact of American foreign policy on Muslims in the United States.

Readers will explore:

• The history and organisation of Muslims in America
• Muslim identity, institutions and intellectual life
• Women, education and political participation
• The future of an indigenous American Islam

This book is well suited to students of Islam in America, to readers interested in religion and society, and to anyone seeking a scholarly yet accessible portrait of American Muslim life. Order online from Books Garden with cash on delivery in Dhaka and delivery across Bangladesh.