Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the
Atlantic slave trade. The first arrivals date to the turn of the
sixteenth century when European explorers and colonists crossed the
Atlantic in search of new horizons and trading routes. Kambiz
GhaneaBassiri s fascinating book traces the history of Muslims in
the United States and their different waves of immigration and
conversion across five centuries, through colonial and antebellum
America, through world wars and civil rights struggles, to the
contemporary era. The book tells the often deeply moving stories of
individual Muslims and their lives as immigrants and citizens
within the broad context of the American religious experience,
showing how that experience has been integral to the evolution of
American Muslim institutions and practices. This is a unique and
intelligent portrayal of a diverse religious community and its
relationship with America. It will serve as a strong antidote to
the current politicized dichotomy between Islam and the West, which
has come to dominate the study of Muslims in America and further
afield."
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