New Horizons of Muslim Diaspora in North America and Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Contextualizing Muslim Diaspora in North America and Europe....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
A Season of Migration to the West: The Arab-Muslim Diaspora in the United States; Political Ethos and Praxis....Pages 17-33
“American Citizens of Arabic-Speaking Stock”: The Institute of Arab American Affairs and Questions of Identity in the Debate over Palestine....Pages 35-51
The Master, the Pir, and Their Followers in Diaspora: Gülen’s Followers (Hizmet) and the Maktab Tariqat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi....Pages 53-70
Muslim Diaspora in Europe and Cultural Diversity....Pages 71-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Multiculturalism and Belonging: Muslims in Canada....Pages 91-101
“I’m Not Different—Because Everybody Is Different”: Notions of Belonging among Muslims in the Netherlands....Pages 103-117
American Jihad: The Role of Shi’a Narratives on Shi’a Political and Social Behavior in the United States....Pages 119-138
Immigrant Food and Trans-memory of Home in Diana Abu-Jaber’s The Language of Baklava and Elif Shafak’s Honor....Pages 139-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Women and Islam in the Western Media....Pages 153-161
Muslim North African Women and Migration in the Context of Globalization....Pages 163-175
Multiculturalism in Muslim America? The Case of Health Disparities and Discrimination in “Arab Detroit,” Michigan....Pages 177-187
Voicing Resistance, Sharing Struggle: Muslim Women Facing Canadian Gender, Race, and Ethnic Oppression....Pages 189-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Debating Salafism, Traditionalism, and Liberalism: Muslims and the State in Germany....Pages 203-228
Muslims in the Netherlands: A Threatening Community or a Community under Threat?....Pages 229-242
Polygyny and the Performance of Gendered Power among African American Muslims....Pages 243-258
Muslim-Americans: Between the Challenge of Policing and Freedom of Expression....Pages 259-273
Back Matter....Pages 275-282