New Horizons of Muslim Diaspora in Europe and North America.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Contextualizing Muslim Diaspora in North America and Europe -- Part I Historical and Anthropological Background -- 1 A Season of Migration to the West: The Arab-Muslim Diaspora in the United States -- Political Ethos and Praxis -- 2 "American Citizens of Arabic-Speaking Stock": The Institute of Arab American Affairs and Questions of Identity in the Debate over Palestine -- 3 The Master, the Pir, and Their Followers in Diaspora: Gülen's Followers (Hizmet) and the Maktab Tariqat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi -- 4 Muslim Diaspora in Europe and Cultural Diversity -- Part II Muslim Diaspora, Multiculturalism, and Identity Issues -- 5 Multiculturalism and Belonging: Muslims in Canada -- 6 "I'm Not Different-Because Everybody Is Different": Notions of Belonging among Muslims in the Netherlands -- 7 American Jihad: The Role of Shi'a Narratives on Shi'a Political and Social Behavior in the United States -- 8 Immigrant Food and Trans-memory of Home in Diana Abu-Jaber's The Language of Baklava and Elif Shafak's Honor -- Part III Refl ections on Muslim Diasporic Women -- 9 Women and Islam in the Western Media -- 10 Muslim North African Women and Migration in the Context of Globalization -- 11 Multiculturalism in Muslim America? The Case of Health Disparities and Discrimination in "Arab Detroit," Michigan -- 12 Voicing Resistance, Sharing Struggle: Muslim Women Facing Canadian Gender, Race, and Ethnic Oppression -- Part IV Aspects of Integration, Discrimination, and Islamophobia -- 13 Debating Salafism, Traditionalism, and Liberalism: Muslims and the State in Germany -- 14 Muslims in the Netherlands: A Threatening Community or a Community under Threat? -- 15 Polygyny and the Performance of Gendered Power among African American Muslims. 16 Muslim-Americans: Between the Challenge of Policing and Freedom of Expression -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.