The Oxford Handbook of American Islam

Islam has been part of the increasingly complex American religious scene for well over a century, and was brought into more dramatic focus by the attacks of September 11, 2001. American Islam is practiced by a unique blend of immigrants and American-born Muslims. The immigrants have come from all corners of the world; they include rich and poor, well-educated and illiterate, those from upper and lower classes as well as economic and political refugees. The community's diversity has been enhanced by the conversion of African Americans, Latina/os, and others, making it the most heterogeneous Muslim community in the world.
With an up-to-the-minute analysis by thirty of the top scholars in the field, this handbook covers the growth of Islam in America from the earliest Muslims to set foot on American soil to the current wave of Islamophobia. Topics covered include the development of African American Islam; pre- and post-WWII immigrants; Sunni, Shi`ite, sectarian and Sufi movements in America; the role and status of women, marriage, and family; and the Americanization of Islamic culture.
Throughout these chapters the contributors explore the meaning of religious identity in the context of race, ethnicity, gender, and politics, both within the American Islamic community and in relation to international Islam.

Yvonne Y. Haddad is Professor of History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Georgetown University. She is the past president of the Middle East Studies Association and the American Academy of Religion, New England Region. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Outstanding Achievement and Distinction in Service to the Profession from the Boston University School of Theology (2007) and Scholar of the Year from the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion (2002). Her extensive publications include Not Quite American? and Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History. Jane I. Smith retired in 2012 as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Currently she is Professor Emerita at Hartford Seminary. She is the author of a number of books on such topics as Islam in America, Christian-Muslim dialogue, women in Islam, American Muslims and education, and minority Muslim communities in America.

Contributors Introduction - Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I. Smith PART I: FORMATION OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN NORTH AMERICA 1. The First Stirrings of Islam in America - Sylviane A. Diouf 2. Muslim Immigration to America - Randa B. Serhan 3. Imams and Chaplains as American Religious Professionals - Timur R. Yuskaev and Harvey Stark 4. Islamic Organizations in the United States - Jocelyne Cesari 5. African American Muslims - Caroline Moxley Rouse 6. The Twelver Shi'is in America - Liyakat Takim 7. Sufi Movements in America - Marcia Hermansen 8. Muslim Minority Groups in American Islam - Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I. Smith PART II: INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NORTH AMERICA 9. Practicing Islam in the United States - Muzammil H. Siddiqi 10. Shari'a and Fiqh in the United States - Asma Afsaruddin 11. Muslim Women in the United States - Kathleen M. Moore 12. Marriage in American Muslim Communities - Juliane Hammer 13. Mosques in the United States - Ihsan Bagby 14. Developments in Islamic Education in the United States - Susan L. Douglass 15. American Muslim Youth Movements - Rabia Kamal 16. Da'wa in the United States - Kathleen M. Moore 17. Islam in American Prisons - Susan Van Baalen 18. Volunteerism among American Immigrant Muslims - Altaf Husain PART III: INTEGRATION AND ASSIMILATION OF MUSLIMS 19. Muslim Americans and the Political System - Abdulkader H. Sinno 20. The Intellectual Contributions of American Muslim Scholars - Sara J. Chehab and Marvin R.Whitaker, Jr. 21. Muslim-Christian Relations in the United States - Peter Makari 22. American Muslims in the Age of New Media - Nadia Khan 23. Muslim Artists in America - Munir Jiwa 24. American Mosque Architecture - Akel Ismail Kahera 25. Islamic Dress and Fashion in the United States - Rabia Kamal 26. Health and Medicine among American Muslims - Lance D. Laird 27. Muslims in Film and Muslim Filmmaking in the United States - Hussein Rashid 28. American Muslims and Global Islam - Peter Mandaville 29. The War on Terror and Its Effects on American Muslims - Charles Kimball 30. Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the United States - Peter Gottschalk Index