| Muslim Minorities in the West: Visible and Invisible Contributor(s): Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck (Editor), Smith, Jane I. (Editor), Lotfi, Abdelhamid (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 075910218X ISBN-13: 9780759102187 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: Noted scholars Haddad and Smith bring together outstanding essays on the distinct experiences of minority Muslim communities from Detroit, Michigan to Perth, Australia and the wide range of issues facing them. In their introduction, the authors trace the broad contours of the Muslim experience in Europe, America and other areas of European settlement and shed light on the common questions minority Muslims face of assimilation, discrimination, evangelism, and politics. This text provides a welcome introduction to these increasingly visible citizens of Western nations. Visit our website for sample chapters! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 305.697 |
| LCCN: 2001045914 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.96" W x 9.2" (1.14 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although they are typically portrayed by the media as dangerous extremists in distant lands, Muslims in fact form a permanent, peaceful and growing population in nearly every Western country. While Westerners are now more commonly seeing mosques in their neighborhoods or scarved Muslim women in their streets, misperceptions and stereotypes remain. With expanding numbers and desires to protect their rights and identities, Muslims are coming into more and more into the public view. In Muslim Minorites in the West noted scholars Haddad and Smith bring together outstanding essays on the distinct experiences of minority Muslim communities from Detroit, Michigan to Perth, Australia and the wide range of issues facing them. Haddad and Smith in their introduction trace the broad contours of the Muslim experience in Europe, America and other areas of European settlement and shed light on the common questions minority Muslims face of assimilation, discrimination, evangelism, and politics. Muslim Minorities in the West provides a welcome introduction to these increasingly visible citizens of Western nations. |
