New horizons of Muslim diaspora in North America and Europe / edited by Moha Ennaji.
Ennaji, Moha, editor.
2016
D842.42.M87
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Title
New horizons of Muslim diaspora in North America and Europe / edited by Moha Ennaji.
ISBN
9781137554963 (electronic book)
1137554967 (electronic book)
9781137565242
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
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D842.42.M87
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.6/97094
Summary
The authors in this book criticize the essentialist approach to the concept of culture which reduces all diasporic Muslims to one category and ignores other important factors that shape the attitudes and behaviors of Muslims in the West, particularly their socio-economic status, gender, age, education, social class, and attitude toward religion and the Western lifestyle. The majority of Muslims in North America and Europe are reluctant to be reduced to 'Muslim, ' although some of them feel obliged to accept the label. In this volume, the various chapters reveal that diasporic Muslims are heterogeneous given their diverse cultures and ethnicities; they are actually divided, not united, and have different views and interpretations of Islam and various attitudes and representations of Western realities. Due to their marginalization and often low social status, some Muslims turn to religion and traditional values and practices to overlook for their socio-economic exclusion from the European or American society.
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Ennaji, Moha, editor.
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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 DiversityPart 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 Globalization11 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 Muslims16 Muslim-Americans: Between the Challenge of Policing and Freedom of Expression; Notes on Contributors; Index

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