Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States / edited by Jocelyne Cesari.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

volume 1. Encyclopedia : A-Z -- Preface -- Alphabetical list of entries -- List of entries by topic -- Note on transliteration -- About the editor -- Introduction -- Chronology -- volume 2. Primary documents -- part 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 --

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 --

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 --

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.