Edward E. Curtis IV is Professor of World Languages and Cultures, William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts, and Director of Arabic Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis. He is the author/editor of 15 books, including our Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest and Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy.

"Edward E. Curtiss new book is a groundbreaking collection of innovative essays that provide rich information about the diversity and complexity of Muslim American religious practices in the United States. Fascinating stories about the contemporary religious lives of South Asian American, Arab American, African American, Latino American, and European American Muslims are analyzed in this beautiful volume edited by Curtis, a brilliant historian of Islam in America. Highly recommended for courses and research on religion in America." - Richard Brent Turner,author of Islam in the African American Experience, Second Edition "Is every practice inspired by a good-faith commitment to Islam Islamic? From both a thirty thousand foot view, as well as the panoply of Muslim practices on the ground, this book sheds much light on this critical question and will certainly enhance the discussion thereon, both within and without the academy.

Edward E. Curtis IV is Professor of World Languages and Cultures, William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts, and Director of Arabic Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis. He is the author/editor of 15 books, including our Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest and Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy.

"Edward E. Curtiss new book is a groundbreaking collection of innovative essays that provide rich information about the diversity and complexity of Muslim American religious practices in the United States. Fascinating stories about the contemporary religious lives of South Asian American, Arab American, African American, Latino American, and European American Muslims are analyzed in this beautiful volume edited by Curtis, a brilliant historian of Islam in America. Highly recommended for courses and research on religion in America." - Richard Brent Turner,author of Islam in the African American Experience, Second Edition "Is every practice inspired by a good-faith commitment to Islam Islamic? From both a thirty thousand foot view, as well as the panoply of Muslim practices on the ground, this book sheds much light on this critical question and will certainly enhance the discussion thereon, both within and without the academy.

Edward E. Curtis IV is Professor of World Languages and Cultures, William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts, and Director of Arabic Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis. He is the author/editor of 15 books, including our Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest and Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy.

"Edward E. Curtiss new book is a groundbreaking collection of innovative essays that provide rich information about the diversity and complexity of Muslim American religious practices in the United States. Fascinating stories about the contemporary religious lives of South Asian American, Arab American, African American, Latino American, and European American Muslims are analyzed in this beautiful volume edited by Curtis, a brilliant historian of Islam in America. Highly recommended for courses and research on religion in America." - Richard Brent Turner,author of Islam in the African American Experience, Second Edition "Is every practice inspired by a good-faith commitment to Islam Islamic? From both a thirty thousand foot view, as well as the panoply of Muslim practices on the ground, this book sheds much light on this critical question and will certainly enhance the discussion thereon, both within and without the academy.