TY - BOOK AU - Cesari,Jocelyne TI - Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States SN - 0313336253 (set : alk. paper) PY - 2007/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Greenwood Press KW - Islam KW - United States KW - Encyclopedias KW - Muslims N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 21; "'Fatwa' concerning the United States Supreme Court frieze"; Taha Jaber Alawani; from the Journal of Law and Religion --; 22; "Sufism and Islam"; Nuh Ha Mim Keller --; 23; "Basic commitments of Muslims"; Muzzamil H. Siddiqi; from The Islamic Society of North America --; 24; "Islamic activism"; Muzzamil H. Siddiqi; from The Islamic Society of North America --; 25; "Zakat and charity - our gratitude to Allah"; Muzzamil H. Siddiqi; from The Islamic Society of North America --; 26; "BBC : thought of the day"; Hamza Yusuf; from The Zaytuna Institute --; 27; "Islam & world peace : explanations of a Sufi"; M.R. Bawa Muhaiyadin; from Islam & World Peace : Explanations of a Sufi --; 28; "From Chicago to Houston : clues for 'Renaissance' in Islamic thought..."; Cengiz Çandar; from Fethullahgulen.org --; 29. "The; Tarbiyah Project : a holistic vision of Islamic education"; Dawud Tauhidi; from The Tarbiyah Project --; 30; "Accomplishments" from IQRA' International Education Foundation --; 31; "Early childhood education program in an Islamic school" from IQRA' International Education Foundation --; 32; "Prison and the struggle for dignity"; F. Thaufeer al-Deen; from Taking Back Islam : American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith --; 33; "Islam and alcohol in America : Muslim scholars step forward"; Zakariya Wright; from Dar al Islam --; 34; "Finding home : the consolidation of a Muslim American identity"; Hadia Mubarak; from Azizah Magazine --; 35; :Living and dying in America : Janazah issues for the American Muslim"; Sumayya Allen; from Azizah Magazine --; 36; "Becoming Muslim" / Nuh Ha Mim Keller --; 37; "If it doesn't kill you first"; Murad Kalam; from Outside Magazine --; 38; "Michael Wolfe, United States, 1990"; Michael Wolfe; from One Thousand Roads to Mecca : Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage --; 39; "Islam : a broad perspective on other faiths"; Shaykh Kabir Helminski; from Taking Back Islam : American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith --; 40; "Mom raised me as a Zionist"; Mas'ood Cajee; from Taking Back Islam : American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith --; 41; "How Muslims use Islamic paradigms to define America"; Ingrid Mattson; from Religion and Immigration : Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Experiences in the United States --; 42; "Religious belief and practice" from the Pew Research Center --; pt. 2; Terrorism and September 11, 2001 --; 43. "A; top urgent statement concerning terrorism" from The Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America --; 44; "US Muslim Religious Council issues Fatwa against terrorism" from The Fiqh Council of North America --; 45; "Shaykh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi condemns attacks against civilians : 44 forbidden in Islam: from IslamOnline.net --; 46; "Islamic scholars say U.S. Muslim soldiers must fight for country"; Caryle Murphy; from The Washington Post --; 47; "Islamic extremism : a viable threat to U.S. National Security"; Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani; from the Islamic Supreme Council of America --; 48. "The; woman : a parable"; Nuh Ha Mim Keller --; 49; "America's tragedy"; Hamza Yusuf; from the Zaytuna Institute --; 50; "Memo to Mr. Bin Laden : go to Hell!"; Muqtedar Khan; from Ijtihad.org --; 51; "Reject call for Holy War, Florida Muslim leader says"; Anderea Elliot; from The Miami Herald --; 52. "The; case of the Taliban American" from CNN.com --; 53; "Free Muslim coalition : mission statement" from The Free Muslim Coalition --; 54; "Mission statement : Muslims against terrorism (M-A-T) : the first anti-terrorism NGO in the world for global peace and justice" from Muslims Against Terrorism --; 55; "Recommendations" from The Muslim Public Affairs Council --; 56; Statements form American government officials --; 57; "State of the Union Address, 1980 : 'The Carter Doctrine'"; President Jimmy Carter --; 58; "Foreign policy, terrorism, and concerns about extremism" from The Pew Research Center --; pt. 3; Challenges of citizenship --; 59; "American Muslims' 'special obligation'"; Ingrid Mattson; from Taking Back Islam : American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith --; 60. "A; memo to American Muslims"; Muqtedar Khan; from Ijtihad.org --; 61; "American Muslims, human rights, and the challenge to September 11, 2001"; Imam Zaid Shakir; from The Zaytuna Institute --; 62; "On the passing of Rosa Parks (1913-2005)"; Imam Zaid Shakir; from The Zaytuna Institute --; 63; "Education and the inner city"; Hamza Yusuf; from IMAN Central --; 64. An; international call for moratorium on corporal punishment, stoning,a nd the death penalty in the Islamic world"; Tariq Ramadan --; 65; "Every act is political : Samina Ali, an email interview with Shauna Singh Baldwin"; from Shauna Singh Baldwin --; 66; "Mission statement"; Muhammad Ali Hasan; Seeme Gull Hasan; from Muslims for Bush --; 67; "Muslim coalition offers qualified Kerry endorsement"; The; American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections - Political Action Committee (AMT-PAC); from The Council on American-Islamic Relations --; 68; "American Muslim poll 2004 : shifting political winds & fallout from 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq"; Zahid Bukhari; Sulayman Nyang; and; John Zogby; from Project MAPS --; 69; "Results of poll of American Muslims released" from Zogby International --; 70; "Is Islam misunderstood in America? from Voice of America News --; 71; "Political and social values" from The Pew Research Center --; pt. 4; Gender and Islam --; 72; "March 18, 2005 : a woman leads congregational prayer in New York"; Amina Wadud; from Inside the Gender Jihad : Women's Reform in Islam --; 73. "A; statement from the organizers of the March 18th woman-led Jum'ah prayer from Muslim WakeUp! --; 74. "A; statement from the Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America about the issue of women leading the Friday prayer and delivering the ceremony" from The Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America --; 75. "A; critique of the argument for woman-led Friday prayers"; Hina Azam; from Alt.Muslim.com --; 76; "Muslim women can lead some prayers : scholars"; Adam Wild Aba; from IslamOnline.net --; 77. "The; patriarchal imaginary of father/s : divine ontology and the prophets:; Asma Barlas; from Believing Women in Islam : Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an --; 78; "Gay Muslims face a growing challenge"; Robert F. Worth; from The New York Times --; 79; "Gay, lesbian Muslims seek out 'marriages of convenience,'; Ayesha Akram; from Religion News Service --; pt. 5; Race and Islam --; 80; "In London, Paris, and the West Indies"; Nicholas Said; from The Autobiography of Nicholas Said; a Native of Bornou, Eastern Soudan, Central Africa --; 81; "Malcolm X, United States 1964"; Malcolm X; from Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage --; 82; "How Islam promotes healthy citizenship"; Imam W. Deen Mohammed; from The Muslim Journal --; 83. "The; Million Man March : past, present, and future" from The Final Call --; 84; "Hijra from Harlem"; Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard; from Living Islam Out Loud : American Muslim Women Speak --; 85; "You seem so intelligent. Why are you a Muslim?"; Halima Toure; from Taking Back Islam : American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith --; pt. 6; Muslim artistic and cultural expression in America --; 86; "Remembering love," "Finding home," and "Blessed divine woman"; Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil; from Living Islam Out Loud : American Muslim Women Speak --; 87; "About the tour - Allah made me funny" from allahmademefunny.com --; 88; "Sister Haero interview"; Michael Shapiro; from MuslimHipHop.com --; 89; "Top 10 Muslim hip-hop lyrics : the five elements of hip-hop meet the five pillars of Islam"; Waris; and; Wajid Syed; from Warbux Records --; 9; "She wants advice for Muslims who live in the West" from Islam Questions and Answers --; 10; "He works in a mixed environment and is worried about his fast" from Islam Questions and Answers --; 11; "They allow mixing in the mosque because they want people to attend" from Islam Questions and Answers --; 12; "He is studying in a mixed university ; how should he deal with female teachers and students?" from Islam Questions and Answers --; 13; "What is the age which a woman should observe hijab from a boy?" from Islam Questions and Answers --; 14; "Celebrating innovated festivals" from Islam Questions and Answers --; 15; "is it permissible for her to listen to music whilst exercising?" from Islam Questions and Answers --; 16; "Offering gifts to women on Christmas" from Islam Questions and Answers --; 17; "Who or what is a salafi?"; Nuh Ha Mim Keller --; 18. "The; Muslim family in the USA : law in practice"; Asifa Quraishi; from Women's Rights & Islamic Family Law --; 19; "Islamic family law in US courts"; Asifa Quraisi; from Women's Rights & Islamic Family Law --; 20; "Fiqh of minorities"; Taha Jabir Alalwani; web summary by; Omar Tarazi; from The Islamic Society of North America --; 90; "I have no canons that roar : how the Bosnian War transformed my view of music in Islamic culture"; Yusuf Islam; adapted and updated from Taking Back Islam : American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith --; 91; "Lipstick jihad : an interview with Azadeh Moarveni" from MotherJones.com --; 92; "In America"; Suheir Hammad; from SuheirHammad.com --; 93; "Man among us" from Maulood and; "Ramadan angels" from Ramadan Sonnets; Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore --; 94; "For El Haji Rasul Taifa"; Marvin X; from Love and War : Poems by Marvin X --; 95; "Ghazal - in ecstasy," "Ghazal - in this is a sign," and "Ghazal - o love"; Majid Mohiuddin; from An Audience of One --; 96; "Welcome to the I.C.E. (The I.N.S. song)"; Dawud Wharnsby; from Enter Into Peace --; Selected bibliography --; Index --; About the contributors; v. 1; Encyclopedia : A-Z --; Preface --; Alphabetical list of entries --; List of entries by topic --; Note on transliteration --; About the editor --; Introduction --; Chronology --; v. 2; Primary documents --; pt. 1; Religious life of Muslims; 1; "PMU statement of principles" from the Progressive Muslim Union of North America --; 2; "Mission statement" from IslamForToday.com; Hussein Abdulwaheed Amin --; 3; "Our mission" from MuslimWakeup.com --; 4. "The; assembly of Muslim jurists in America : mission statement"; from The Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America --; 5. The; assembly of Muslim jurists in America fatwa against the Danish media and government over the cartoon crisis"; Salah Al-Sawy; from the Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America --; 6; "Clash of the uncivilized : insights on the cartoon controversy"; Imam Zaid Shakir; from The Zaytuna Institute --; 7; "Fiqh and the Fiqh Council of North America"; Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo; from The Fiqh Council of North America --; 8; "Embryonic stem-cell research"; Taha Alalwani; from The Fiqh Council of North America -- ER -