Crescent Over Another Horizon: Islam in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino USA

by John Tofik Karam and Paulo G. Pinto

Book Overview

Muslims have been shaping the Americas and the Caribbean for more than five hundred years, yet this interplay is frequently overlooked or misconstrued. Brimming with revelations that synthesize area and ethnic studies, Crescent over Another Horizon presents a portrait of Islam's unity as it evolved through plural formulations of identity, power, and belonging. Offering a Latino American perspective on a wider Islamic world, the editors overturn...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477312188
• ISBN13: 9781477312186
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"