Muslims and the Making of America
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Introduction: the American ideal and Islam -- Islam in America: a short history -- Blues for Allah: music -- The greatest: sports -- Muslims on the American landscape: culture -- Conclusion: the poetry of ordinary American Muslim lives.
"There has never been an America without Muslims"---so begins Amir Hussain, one of the most important scholars and teachers of Islam in America. Hussain, who is himself an American Muslim, contends tat Muslims played an essential role in the creation and cultivation of the United States. In Muslims and the Making of America, Hussain directly address the stereotypes of Muslims following 9/11 and terrorism. Far from undermining America, Islam and Americaqn Muslims have been, and continue to be, important threads in the fabric of American Life. Hussain chronicles the history of Islam in American to underscore the valuable cultural influence of Muslims on American Life. He then rivets attention on music, sports, and culture as key areas in which Muslims have shaped and transformed American Identity. American, Hussain concludes, would not exist as it does today without the essential contributions made by its Muslim citizens.
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PUBLISHED
Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: 150 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1481306227
9781481306225
SUBJECTS
Muslims.