Open AccessEducating the Muslims of America
Author(s) -
Tammy Gaber
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v27i3.1311
Subject(s) - hostility , mythology , islam , terrorism , trace (psycholinguistics) , political science , sociology , gender studies , media studies , criminology , history , law , psychology , social psychology , classics , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
This pioneering volume brings together many different voices in an attemptto tackle various aspects of this topic. The introduction, written by YvonneY. Haddad and Jane I. Smith, contextualizes the volume’s importance withinsome of the growing hostility voiced in the American media as regards tothe supposed association of Muslim madrasas and “home-grown terrorism.”They highlight the magnified threefold importance of Muslim education inAmerica as serving to improve Islamic education, dispel myths, and educatethe American public. They also give a brief history of Muslim educationhere and trace the growth of full- and part-time Muslim schools ...