Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Note on Transliteration
- Glossary
- Introduction: American Islam, Muslim Americans, and the American Experiment
- 1 The Study of American Muslims:
- 2 African Muslim Slaves and Islam in Antebellum America
- 3 Laying the Groundwork for American Muslim Histories: 1865–1965
- 4 American Muslims in the Contemporary World:
- 5 Converts and Conversions
- 6 Demographics, Political Participation, and Representation
- 7 American Muslims and the Media
- 8 Muslims in the American Legal System
- 9 Religious Pluralism, Secularism, and Interfaith Endeavors
- 10 Organizing Communities:
- 11 Negotiating Boundaries:
- 12 Religious Normativity and Praxis among American Muslims
- 13 Muslim Spaces and Mosque Architecture
- 14 Islamic Education in the United States:
- 15 Muslim Public Intellectuals and Global Muslim Thought
- 16 Cultural and Literary Production of Muslim America
- 17 Muslim Youth Cultures
- 18 Sexual Identity, Marriage, and Family
- 19 Studying American Muslim Women:
- Index
8 - Muslims in the American Legal System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Note on Transliteration
- Glossary
- Introduction: American Islam, Muslim Americans, and the American Experiment
- 1 The Study of American Muslims:
- 2 African Muslim Slaves and Islam in Antebellum America
- 3 Laying the Groundwork for American Muslim Histories: 1865–1965
- 4 American Muslims in the Contemporary World:
- 5 Converts and Conversions
- 6 Demographics, Political Participation, and Representation
- 7 American Muslims and the Media
- 8 Muslims in the American Legal System
- 9 Religious Pluralism, Secularism, and Interfaith Endeavors
- 10 Organizing Communities:
- 11 Negotiating Boundaries:
- 12 Religious Normativity and Praxis among American Muslims
- 13 Muslim Spaces and Mosque Architecture
- 14 Islamic Education in the United States:
- 15 Muslim Public Intellectuals and Global Muslim Thought
- 16 Cultural and Literary Production of Muslim America
- 17 Muslim Youth Cultures
- 18 Sexual Identity, Marriage, and Family
- 19 Studying American Muslim Women:
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam , pp. 139 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013