Islam in America

Jonathan Curiel is a former staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, whose work has also appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review, Salon.com and the LA Times. He is the author of Al America: Travels through America's Arab and Islamic Roots. Malise Ruthven is one of the world's leading commentators on Islam, about which he has published numerous books. He is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.

'Islam in America offers a remarkably original and readable narrative of the history of Islam & Muslims in America. Jonathan Curiel here reveals a side of American Muslim culture that is as old as America itself.' Jamal Dajani, independent journalist-host, Arab Talk Radio; 'So many years after 9/11, the gulf between Muslims and non-Muslims in the United States remains depressingly wide. We still need a much better and more nuanced understanding of Islam, especially after the tragic events in Paris. Jonathan Curiel is therefore to be commended for giving us this closely-argued and highly readable book which - as both labor of love and much needed antidote to prejudice and misunderstanding - is intended to close the gap.' Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of International Relations, American University, Washington, DC, and formerly High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the United Kingdom and Ireland; 'Finally, an ethically disinterested observer's clear, concise, and comprehensive survey of the American Muslim community. Islam in America is a fascinating and long overdue book about the faith and its followers that have been part of the tapestry of America from its inception.' Hamza Yusuf, President & Co-Founder, Zaytuna College, Berkeley, CA

• Foreword by Malise Ruthven viiPreface: Islam’s Growing Presence in America xv1 Slavery and the Struggle to Maintain Belief:American Islam, 1619–1865 12 ‘White Muslims’ Change the Face of a Faith:American Islam, 1890–1910 133 Islam Becomes a Religion of the Nation: AmericanIslam, 1920–1965 224 Islam Establishes an Identity Far Beyond theMosque: American Islam, 1965–2010 365 The Shock of 9/11: Crisis and Confidence forMuslim-Americans 506 The Diversity of American Muslims: A Religious,Ethnic, and Cultural Profile 637 Who’s Who in Muslim America 828 Gender and Religion: How ‘Feminist Islam’ HasTaken Root and Flourished in America9 In Politics, Muslim-Americans Progress One Stepat a Time 11810 Conflicts and Co-Existence: The American Dreamin the Twenty-First Century 130Notes 161Select Bibliography 178Index 179