The Cambridge Companion to American Islam

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the past and present of American Muslim communities.

1. The study of American Muslims: a history Edward E. Curtis, IV; 2. African Muslim slaves and Islam in antebellum America Richard Brent Turner; 3. Laying the groundwork for American Muslim histories: 1865-1965 Sally Howell; 4. American Muslims in the contemporary world: 1965 to the present Zain Abdullah; 5. Converts and conversions Michael Muhammad Knight; 6. Demographics, political participation, and representation Amaney Jamal and Liali Albana; 7. American Muslims and the media Nabil Echchaibi; 8. Muslims in the American legal system Kathleen M. Moore; 9. Religious pluralism, secularism, and interfaith Rosemary R. Hicks; 10. Organizing communities: institutions, networks, groups Karen Leonard; 11. Negotiating boundaries: American Sufis Gisela Webb; 12. Religious normativity and praxis among American Muslims Kambiz GhaneaBassiri; 13. Muslim spaces and mosque architecture Akel Ismail Kahera; 14. Islamic education in the United States: debates, practices, and institutions Zareena Grewal and R. David Coolidge; 15. Muslim public intellectuals and global Muslim thought Timur Yuskaev; 16. Cultural and literary production of Muslim America Sylvia Chan-Malik; 17. Muslim youth cultures Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Maytha Alhassen; 18. Sexual identity, marriage, and family Debra Majeed; 19. Studying American Muslim women: between feminism, activism, and secular society Juliane Hammer.