Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie: Being Muslim in America - Hardcover

Idliby, Ranya Tabari

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230341845 ISBN 13: 9780230341845

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2014

Synopsis

Title: Burqas Baseball and Apple Pie( Being Muslim in America) Binding: Hardcover Author: RanyaTabariIdliby Publisher: PalgraveMacMillan

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About the Author

Ranya Tabari Idliby is a writer who lives in New York City. She co-authored The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew: Three Women Search for Understanding , an intimate dialog on faith and identity in America. She has spoken in churches, temples, and mosques, as well as at interfaith organizations, the United Nations, and the State Department. She was interviewed by Diane Sawyer for a special program on moderate Muslim voices, in addition to many other media engagements, including CNN, Oprah radio's Dr. Oz , The Diane Rehm Show, USA Today , and the Today Show.

Reviews

Some Americans see being Muslim and American as self-contradictory, and the 9/11 tragedy only served to reinforce stereotypes. However, Muslim contributions to the U.S. have existed since the first Muslims came--or were brought--here, much before the American Revolution. This book chronicles the issues and incidents that moderate American Muslims—Idliby’s family, in particular—deal with on an everyday basis. Sometimes the issue is defending the compatibility of Islam and American culture, sometimes it’s correcting flawed stereotypes, but the through-line is always being true American Muslims, proud of both identities. In some ways, this is reminiscent of El Fadl’s The Search for Beauty in Islam (2005), though El Fadl approaches Muslim beliefs from an academic perspective, while Idliby, offering a shorter, more easily read book, approaches them from a practical, lived point of view. This is for readers looking for more insight into the lives of contemporary Muslim Americans and for moderate Muslims interested in exploring how one family deals with dual identity. --Muhammed Hassanali

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230341845
• ISBN 13: 9780230341845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256