Prologue: Not a mosque, and not at Ground Zero
Part One. An arranged marriage in Pakistan
1. It's arranged
2. I never said, "I do" : the marriage contract
3. A silver watch : my splendid Pakistani wedding
4. Marital advice
Part Two. A Pakistani Muslim in New York
5. A Pakistani bride in New York : "I wouldn't do that if I were you"
6. Where are you from?
7. A Muslim girl in New York : a holiday Muslim
8. Pakistani pregnancy, American delivery : a baptism of sorts, plus a circumcision
9. Ramadan without Ramadan : why I stopped fasting
10. The Christmas-ization of Eid
11. A Muslim among orthodox Jews
12. The Americanization of yours truly
Part Three. Creating a Muslim space
13. Where do I begin?
14. Building a Muslim community
15. A Muslim Sunday School and a mosque
Part Four. Rediscovering Islam : religion or culture?
16. Born-again Muslim
17. Lower your gaze
18. Pakistani Islam or a hybrid?
19. Moon sighting
20. Tradition versus women's rights
21. My brand of Islam
22. Abraham's sacrifice
23. Grounded in roots
Part Five. An American Muslim in New York
24. An arranged marriage for my sons?
25. The Shia-Sunni schism
26. Don't ghetto-ize Islam
27. Flashpoints
28. And then nothing was the same : September 11, 2001
29. Extremism and Islamophobia : viewed from the eyes of a Muslim
30. Upgrading Islam into the twenty-first century
31. An American Muslim in Pakistan
32. An American Muslim in New York.