Table of Contents

John L. Esposito: Introduction: Muslims in America or American Muslims
Part I: The American Path Option: Between Tradition and Reality
1: Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad: The Dynamics of Islamic Identity in North America
2: Khaled Abou El Fadl: Striking a Balance: Islamic Legal Discourses on Muslim Minorities
3: Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo: The Fiqh Councilor in North America
4: Mohommed A. Muqtedar Khan: Muslims and Identity Politics in America
Part II: North American Pluralism and the Challenge of the Veil
5: Kathleen Moore: The Hijab and Religious Liberty: Anti-Discrimination Law and Muslim Women in the United States
6: Esmail Shakeri: Muslim Women in Canada: Their Role and Status as Revealed in the Hijab Controversy
7: American Women Choosing Islam
Part III: Americans on the Islamization Path? The African American Experience
8: Ernest Allen, Jr.: Identity and Destiny: The Formative Views of the Moorish Science Temple and the Nation of Islam
9: Yusuf Nuruddin: African-American Muslims and the Question of Identity: Between Traditional Islam, African Heritage, and the American Way
10: Robert Dannin: Understanding the Multi-Ethnic Dilemma of African-American Muslims
Part IV: Americanization and the Preservation of Cultural Identity
11: Greg Noakes: Muslims and the American Press
12: Elise Goldwasser: Economic Security and Muslim Identity: A Study of the Immigrant Community in Durham, North Carolina
13: Omar Khalidi: Approaches to Mosque Design in North America

About the Author

Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is Professor of History, Islam, and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University.
John L. Esposito is Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University.