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Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy (Paperback)
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Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy (Paperback)
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Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics
Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim
Americans have played outsized roles in US politics, sometimes as
political dissidents and sometimes as political insiders. However,
more than at any other moment in history, Muslim Americans now
stand at the symbolic center of US politics and public life. This
volume argues that the future of American democracy depends on
whether Muslim Americans are able to exercise their political
rights as citizens and whether they can find acceptance as social
equals. Many believe that, over time, Muslim Americans will be
accepted just as other religious minorities have been. Yet Curtis
contends that this belief overlooks the real barrier to their full
citizenship, which is political rather than cultural. The dominant
form of American liberalism has prevented the political
assimilation of American Muslims, even while leaders from
Eisenhower to Obama have offered rhetorical support for their
acceptance. Drawing on examples ranging from the political rhetoric
of the Nation of Islam in the 1950s and 1960s to the symbolic use
of fallen Muslim American service members in the 2016 election
cycle, Curtis shows that the efforts of Muslim Americans to be
regarded as full Americans have been going on for decades, yet
never with full success. Curtis argues that policies, laws, and
political rhetoric concerning Muslim Americans are quintessential
American political questions. Debates about freedom of speech and
religion, equal justice under law, and the war on terrorism have
placed Muslim Americans at the center of public discourse. How
Americans decide to view and make policy regarding Muslim Americans
will play a large role in what kind of country the United States
will become, and whether it will be a country that chooses freedom
over fear and justice over prejudice.
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