The Ambiguous Politics of Market Islam in Turkey and the World
The Hizmet (Service) Movement of Fethullah Gulen is Turkey's most influential Islamic identity community. Drawing on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey and the US, the author examines the Gulen Movement's role in Turkey's recent rise, as well as its strategic relationship with Turkey's Justice and Development Party-led government.
How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago
An intriguing look at how the city's built environment influences the shape of Muslim communities in Chicago Zoning Faith offers a rare in-depth look at three distinct Muslim communities in Chicago, one Shia Muslim, one Sunni, and one Black Muslim community. The volume explores how these communities navigate their social and political ......
How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago
An intriguing look at how the city's built environment influences the shape of Muslim communities in Chicago Zoning Faith offers a rare in-depth look at three distinct Muslim communities in Chicago, one Shia Muslim, one Sunni, and one Black Muslim community. The volume explores how these communities navigate their social and political ......
Why Muslims in South India observe hierarchical intra-communal relationships despite the egalitarianism of their religion In Seeking Allah's Hierarchy, P. C. Saidalavi provides an ethnographic study of a Muslim barber community in South India, unraveling how these barbers negotiated concepts of hierarchy through Islamic values of piety, ......
Why Muslims in South India observe hierarchical intra-communal relationships despite the egalitarianism of their religion In Seeking Allah's Hierarchy, P. C. Saidalavi provides an ethnographic study of a Muslim barber community in South India, unraveling how these barbers negotiated concepts of hierarchy through Islamic values of piety, ......
Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam
The stories and struggles of Puerto Rican Muslims in modern day America. Among Puerto Rican converts to Islam, marginalization is a fact of daily life. Their "authenticity" is questioned by other Muslims and by fellow BorIcua on the island and in the United States. At the same time, they exist under the shadow of US colonization and as Muslims ......
Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam
The stories and struggles of Puerto Rican Muslims in modern day America. Among Puerto Rican converts to Islam, marginalization is a fact of daily life. Their "authenticity" is questioned by other Muslims and by fellow BorIcua on the island and in the United States. At the same time, they exist under the shadow of US colonization and as Muslims ......