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Muslim Minorities in the West
. Ed(S): Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck; Smith, Jane I.
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Description for Muslim Minorities in the West
Paperback. Brings together essays on the distinct experiences of minority Muslim communities from Detroit, Michigan to Perth, Australia and the wide range of issues facing them. This text traces the broad contours of the Muslim experience in Europe, America and other areas of European settlement and sheds light on the common questions minority Muslims face. Editor(s): Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck; Smith, Jane I. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFF; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Although they are typically portrayed by the media as dangerous extremists in distant lands, Muslims in fact form a permanent, peaceful and growing population in nearly every Western country. While Westerners are now more commonly seeing mosques in their neighborhoods or scarved Muslim women in their streets, misperceptions and stereotypes remain. With expanding numbers and desires to protect their rights and identities, Muslims are coming into more and more into the public view. In Muslim Minorites in the West noted scholars Haddad and Smith bring together outstanding essays on the distinct experiences of minority Muslim communities from Detroit, Michigan to ... Read more
Although they are typically portrayed by the media as dangerous extremists in distant lands, Muslims in fact form a permanent, peaceful and growing population in nearly every Western country. While Westerners are now more commonly seeing mosques in their neighborhoods or scarved Muslim women in their streets, misperceptions and stereotypes remain. With expanding numbers and desires to protect their rights and identities, Muslims are coming into more and more into the public view. In Muslim Minorites in the West noted scholars Haddad and Smith bring together outstanding essays on the distinct experiences of minority Muslim communities from Detroit, Michigan to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759102187
SKU
V9780759102187
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About . Ed(S): Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck; Smith, Jane I.
Yvonne Haddad is Professor of History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. Past president of the Middle East Studies Association, she has authored and edited many books on contemporary Islam. Jane I. Smith is Professor of Islamic Studies and Co-Director of the Macdonald Center for Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary. ... Read more
Reviews for Muslim Minorities in the West
This is precisely the kind of material which should be available to a Western audience to put the situation and interests of the Muslim minorities into perspective, at a time when public agendas—media and political—seem to be set by reactions to the events of 11 September.
Jorgan S. Nielson, CSIC, University of Birmingham
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol ... Read more
Jorgan S. Nielson, CSIC, University of Birmingham
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol ... Read more