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Author Al-Deen, Aminah.

Title Transnational Muslims in American society / Aminah Beverly McCloud.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (161 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction to immigrant American Muslims -- 2. A nation of immigrants, stereotypes, imaginations -- 3. Brief introduction to Islam -- 4. South Asian history in overview -- 5. South Asian culture -- 6. Islam and the Arabs -- 7. Arab Muslims in the United States -- 8. Iranian Muslim immigrants : the philosopher poets -- 9. Living on the margins : Chinese and Somali American Muslims -- 10. Global Islam in America : the mix and the challenges -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary An in-depth yet accessible guide to Islamic immigrants from the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa that challenges the widely held perception that Islam is monolithic and exclusively Arab in identity and expression.
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Subject Muslims -- United States.
Muslims.
United States.
Muslims -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
Muslims -- Cultural assimilation.
Islam -- United States.
Islam.
Arab Americans -- History.
Arab Americans.
History.
Arab Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Arab Americans -- Ethnic identity.
United States -- Race relations.
Race relations.
Black Muslims.
Black Muslims.
African Americans -- Religion.
African Americans -- Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: McCloud, Aminah Beverly, 1948- Transnational Muslims in American society. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2006 0813029716 (DLC) 2006040358 (OCoLC)63179062
ISBN 9780813037684 (electronic book)
0813037689 (electronic book)
0813029716
9780813029719