Informationen zum Autor Zahid H. Bukhari is the director of the MAPS Project: Muslims in American Public Square, and fellow of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. Sulayman S. Nyang teaches at the Department of African Studies, Howard University and is author Islam in the United States. Mumtaz Ahmad is editor of the journal Studies in Contemporary Islam and is professor of political science at Hampton University. John L. Esposito is university professor and director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding: History and International Affairs, at the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Klappentext This, the first volume from the Muslims in the American Public Square research project, gives theoretical and demographic portraits of Muslims in the American civil landscape. Zusammenfassung This! the first volume from the Muslims in the American Public Square research project! gives theoretical and demographic portraits of Muslims in the American civil landscape. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Foreword 2 Introduction Part 3 I: Theoretical Perspectives on the Muslim Experience in the U.S. 4 Toward a Fiqh for Minorities: Some Reflections 5 Living as a Muslim in a Pluralistic Society and State: Theory and Experience 6 Conceptual Discourse: Living as a Muslim in a Pluralistic Society Part 7 II: The Mainstreaming of American Muslims: Historical and Sociological Understanding 8 Muslims between the Jewish Example and the Black Experience: American Policy Implications 9 Muslims and the American Body Politics 10 Muslims as Partners in Interfaith Encounter Part 11 III: Islam and the Black Experience in America 12 Preliminary Reflections on Islam and Black Religion 13 Islam among African Americans: An Overview Chapter 14 The West African Paradox 15 IV: On Locating Muslims in the American Landscape: Demographical and Behavioral Aspects 16 Muslim Americans: A Demographic Report 17 The Mosque and the American Public Square 18 Governance and Leadership in Muslim Community Organizations ...

Klappentext

This, the first volume from the Muslims in the American Public Square research project, gives theoretical and demographic portraits of Muslims in the American civil landscape.

Inhalt

1 Foreword
2 Introduction
Part 3 I: Theoretical Perspectives on the Muslim Experience in the U.S.
4 Toward a Fiqh for Minorities: Some Reflections
5 Living as a Muslim in a Pluralistic Society and State: Theory and Experience
6 Conceptual Discourse: Living as a Muslim in a Pluralistic Society
Part 7 II: The Mainstreaming of American Muslims: Historical and Sociological Understanding
8 Muslims between the Jewish Example and the Black Experience: American Policy Implications
9 Muslims and the American Body Politics
10 Muslims as Partners in Interfaith Encounter
Part 11 III: Islam and the Black Experience in America
12 Preliminary Reflections on Islam and Black Religion
13 Islam among African Americans: An Overview
Chapter 14 The West African Paradox
15 IV: On Locating Muslims in the American Landscape: Demographical and Behavioral Aspects
16 Muslim Americans: A Demographic Report
17 The Mosque and the American Public Square
18 Governance and Leadership in Muslim Community Organizations