Islam: An American Religion

by Nadia Marzouki

Book Overview

Islam: An American Religion demonstrates how Islam as formed in the United States has become an American religion in a double sense--first through the strategies of recognition adopted by Muslims and second through the performance of Islam as a faith.

Nadia Marzouki investigates how Islam has become so contentious in American politics. Focusing on the period from 2008 to 2013, she revisits the uproar over the construction of mosques,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231176805
• ISBN13: 9780231176804
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher