Explores how practitioners of one of the world's largest religions - Islam -live and worship their faith in the United States.
Ilyas Ba-Yunus is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Cortland. Kassim Kone is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Cortland.
[A] sure guide for the neophyte. The authors arrange their text
with sensitivity to non-Muslim readers by making comparisons
between other faith traditions and Islam. And yet the text is not
dumbed down but forthright, often asking hard questions about the
American Muslim character. Because of its clarity of presentation,
it should be very useful for classroom instruction at the college
level….The text would be a welcome addition to the syllabi of
courses in comparative religion, sociology of religion, or religion
in America.
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Ba-Yunus and Kone explore the Muslim American perspective on their
religion and their major concerns in the US in light of the current
hostility against them. They also consider the dimensions of their
population, the status of women, their organizations, and
communities.
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