Al-Mughtaribun: American Law and the Transformation of Muslim Life in the United States

by Kathleen M. Moore

Overview

Examines the influence of American law on Muslim life in the United States, treating such issues as pluralism and religious toleration, immigration and naturalization, civil rights, Black Muslims and the prisoners' rights movement, municipal zoning, and hate-crimes legislation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791425800
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	08/10/1995
Series:	SUNY series in Middle Eastern Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	211
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kathleen M. Moore is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Symbolism and Legal Institutions

2. Immigration and Citizenship in Turn-of-the-Century United States

3. Other Asian: Immigrants from the Muslim World

4. Muslims in Prison: Constitutional Protection of Religious Liberty

5. Hate Crimes Legislation and the Protection of Religious Property

6. There Goes the Neighborhood: Mosques in American Suburbs

7. Reaching a Crossroad

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

"This book includes a vast range of scholarly and legal sources to tell the important story of Muslim immigration, citizenship acquisition, legal status, and socio-cultural-political experience in North America over a period of about a century. The specific focus on Islam and Muslims is of the greatest value, but the book will also serve the needs of scholarship and teaching on immigration and ethnicity in Canada and the United States. Muslims—whether Arab, African-American or Iranian—continue to experience difficulties in North America, from hate crimes to less traumatic but still hurtful attitudes and treatment on a continuing basis. Moore's book will help us to better understand such difficulties and work toward alleviating them." — Frederick M. Denny, University of Colorado at Boulder

"A welcome addition to the literature and research on Muslims in America. Its value extends beyond simply the Muslim experience, important as that is. The original research, scholarship, and insights have ramifications for all ethnic, national, and religious minorities in the United States." — Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary

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