Al-Mughtaribūn

Kathleen M. Moore is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut.

"This book includes a vast range of scholarly and legal sources to tell the important story of Muslim immigration, citizenship acquisition, legal status, and socio-cultural-political experience in North America over a period of about a century. The specific focus on Islam and Muslims is of the greatest value, but the book will also serve the needs of scholarship and teaching on immigration and ethnicity in Canada and the United States. Muslims—whether Arab, African-American or Iranian—continue to experience difficulties in North America, from hate crimes to less traumatic but still hurtful attitudes and treatment on a continuing basis. Moore's book will help us to better understand such difficulties and work toward alleviating them." — Frederick M. Denny, University of Colorado at Boulder"A welcome addition to the literature and research on Muslims in America. Its value extends beyond simply the Muslim experience, important as that is. The original research, scholarship, and insights have ramifications for all ethnic, national, and religious minorities in the United States." — Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary

• Preface Introduction 1. Symbolism and Legal Institutions 2. Immigration and Citizenship in Turn-of-the-Century United States 3. Other Asian: Immigrants from the Muslim World 4. Muslims in Prison: Constitutional Protection of Religious Liberty 5. Hate Crimes Legislation and the Protection of Religious Property 6. There Goes the Neighborhood: Mosques in American Suburbs 7. Reaching a Crossroad Notes Bibliography Index