Open AccessMuslim Americans: Debating the Notions of American and Un-American (by Nahid Kabir)
Author(s) -
Besheer Mohamed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the american journal of islamic social sciences/american journal of islamic social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2642-701X
pISSN - 0887-7653
DOI - 10.35632/ajiss.v36i2.585
Subject(s) - reactionary , islam , narrative , immigration , gender studies , muslim world , sociology , religious studies , political science , politics , law , philosophy , literature , theology , art
Muslim Americans: Debating the Notions of American and Un-American is an ambitious attempt to explore how American Muslims, especially immigrants and their children, see the US and are seen by it. It uses the voices of Muslim Americans to explore what peoples and cultures can be considered American, and which are not. The author offers it as “a counter-narrative to the reactionary thinking of academics ... and some media and politicians who have place Islam/Muslims as the Other.”