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Publisher: Oxford University Press (September 11, 2006)
Publication Date: August 3, 2006
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Language: English
ASIN: B000R917I8
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Stripped of ridiculous stereotype, this book takes a knowledgeable, insightful look at one of the fastest-growing religious communities in America. Multi-racial, multi-ethnic, immigrant and native-born, Muslims have been tremendously successful in America. For the rest of the century they will face challenges that followed them here from their native countries. Abdo is a terrific reporter, and has covered Islamic societies around the world. Here she turns her sharp and perceptive eye on her own country.
It is seldom seen that a non-muslim has to say anything positive about muslims, specially in the Unites States. Lot of credit goes to Ms. Abdo for her fair and balanced view of Muslim life in America. Americans really need to open up their hearts and minds about muslims and stop judging through a tainted glass of hate and right wing brain washing. Don't judge the whole muslim "umma" due to the actions of 0.000001 %fanatics who think they are doing it in the name of religion.The only complaint I have is that she didn't discuss much about muslims in America from the Indo-Pak sub continent, as they make up a substantial number in this country.
While this book does offer an interesting look into the Muslim community in Chicago, especially the generational divide, this book should *not* be considered comprehensive. It is, at best, a very introductory look into the Muslim communities within the USA. Ms. Abdo focuses solely on the Chicago Muslim community at the exclusion of the many varied Muslim communities throughout the United States.Case in point: African American Muslims. When I began the book, I thought that Ms. Abdo was biased against African American Muslims. She portrays them as backward, unorthodox heretics that have little to offer to the wider ummah. I later realized that this is actually a by-product of her very poor sample; as someone who works with the West Philadelphia Muslim community, I can tell a prospective reader that not all black Muslims in America are throwbacks to the Nation of Islam, though Ms. Abdo would have you believe this. She devotes a chapter to the Latino Muslim Community (about 75k people) at the direct exclusion of the Black Muslim community, and explains why: "Despite the far greater number of African American converts [to Islam], I have chosen to write about the conversions of Latinos. I think the reasons they are converting - their attraction to the intellectual nature of Islam and their disillusionment with religions they feel are guided by blind faith - reflect powerful global trends that will continue, even accelerate, in the foreseeable future. African Americans, on the other hand, have converted for reasons that are particular to their history in America, often as recourse against their discrimination at the hands of white society" (176). Ms. Abdo apparently sees the Latino community as more intellectually inclined in terms of religion. She justifies this by saying that black converts begin their conversion process in prison, but does not mention that black *males* are incarcerated at an incredibly high rate, usually because of a lack of opportunity and education. Black females are also converts, but they are not mentioned in the chapter on feminist Islam. I find this statement and others slightly disturbing.The beauty of Islam is how it can adapt to its surroundings, both in praxis and in substance, especially over wide geographical divides. One need look no further than Muslims on the fringes (Berber, Malaysian or Chinese Muslims, for example) to see examples of this. Ms. Abdo would have benefited from putting more effort into her examination of American Muslims in all their manifestations, white or black, rich or poor. The fact that this book passes itself off as a layman's guide to Muslim life in the United States excuses the lack of detail, but only to an extent; simultaneously, a layman would not understand the great diversity of Islam within the United States. Go elsewhere if you're looking for that.
This inspiring, edge of your seat book is both refreshing and welcoming to both Muslim and non-Muslim. This is a review of an American convert who has been spending his Muslim life going from place to place trying to learn traditional Islam from some of the most authoritive figures and opinions that are accessible from the English medium. Also this opinion comes from a patriotic American who cares for the security and concerns of America like any other American has proudly served in the beginnings of the War against Terrorism. That being said I would like to say that this book surprised me at every level. She uses the opinions of some of the best well trained scholars in the US today whose influence to Muslims in America and abroad are increasing day by day. Scholars like Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Umar Faruq Abdullah, Shaykh Muhammad Yaqoobi, and Sulyman Nyang (many whom I have had the honor to hear them speak and shake their hands). Their message of peace and tolerance is taking the minds of Muslims and bringing them back to what Islam was for 1400 years. It is totally uprooting the intolerant views that men from Saudi Arabia have been trying to instill into unsuspecting new Muslim immigrants. Geneive does not mention what this means bluntly because her objectivity is trying to be welcoming to all Muslims but basically what this means to Americans is that there is a civil mind war in Islam and the good guys are winning. All the groups that seem anti-American and intolerant are getting kicked out and being replaced with an Islam that tolerates American culture and seeks to live and thrive in harmony with them. I think that this is something American journalists like Geneive Abdo tries to show. To the other majority of journalist, because it lacks the sensationalism of the extremist Islam that they want to create for their audience, does not cover this. But I do my best to inform Americans of this, especially our military. My military friends tell me how their friends in intelligence are being more aware of who the good guys and bad guys in Islam are. They know the names and ideas of these groups in a more sophisticated fashion and not just looking at the old method of stereotypical long bearded man and scarf lady which basically has no foundation. I think Genieve's book somewhat paints this internal struggle at the end of the book. Also a side note: It's important to mention that these groups that are intolerant and distasteful have only been around for 50-100 years. McCarthy-like journalists try to make it seem as if they have been around throughout Islamic history. A good analysis of this topic is "Islam Fundamentalism and the Betrayal of Tradition" by Joseph Lumbard, a book that I have freely given to professors and soldiers alike. Now the other point I love about this book is the hopes, dreams, and fears of the Muslims living in America and how they are fully American and should be shown to Americans everywhere. There are stories about women rebelling against oppressive un-Islamic customs of their cultures that is both heart warming for Americans and Muslims alike. There are also stories of heroic Muslims trying to show the loving side of Islam: what Muslims cherish despite the efforts of extremist and over-zealous "patriotic Americans" to try and keep them silenced. Another part I like is the internal woman's movements and how westerners improperly try to portray it and what the reality really is for Muslims. Geneive is not telling Muslims how they feel but conveying it. I could go on and on about the virtues of this book but I do not want to ruin it for everyone. I am sure there are Muslims that might not like it because they suspect every non-Muslim with bad intentions and I am sure there are Americans who won't like this book because it doesn't buy into their idea of how Islam should be. About the Muslim beliefs and practices, she does a good job showing the perspective of what Islam has been for 1400 years and how the majority of Muslims view it world wide rather then just how the majority of Muslims view it in America. Some Muslims in America make the religion a free for all interpretation because that's what was first conveyed to them. This is incorrect as there are legitimate scholarly principles to each discipline of learning that once you master, you might be authorized to teach. That being said, one mistake I found in the book was that Geneive portrays Sunni Islam without hierarchy. There is a hierarchy in Islam but it is through knowledge not power. The most knowledgeable and pious a person is his opinion is taken as more of an authority on an Islamic discpline than the lesser. Without structure and hierarchy, religion can be in the hands of the ignorant that can lead to the extreme zealotry or the extreme liberal who waters down a religion until it becomes meaningless. This mistake I forgive because most Muslims I come across aren't even aware of this either. Overall this is a good and authoritive book for any one wanting to learn about their Muslim neighbor. I myself and many others who would like to convey that such a topic couldn't have had a better job done on it.-Chris
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