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Muslim students journey through American public schools with the understanding that their religious identity differs vastly from the hegemonic culture that umbrellas the schooling experience. Given the social climate of the country and the media propaganda of Islamophobia, Musli…

This thesis analyzes the way in which American Muslims in the United States have emphasized highly individualized modes of Islamic practice as they integrate into the fabric of American society. A large number of Muslim immigrants arrived in the U.S. at the same time that there …

This study aims to discover the strategies of American Muslim and interfaith nonprofits on combating Islamophobia. The study interviewed six American Muslim and interfaith nonprofit organizations located across the United States. The study used semi-structured interviews, and th…

This phenomenological study describes the subjective experiences of three white American males' conversion to Islam. The study explored the experiences prior to and following the participants' conversion, as well as looked specifically at how their whiteness and masculinity infl…

In 1998, the U.S. government made the promotion of religious freedom official policy. This policy has often been met with skepticism and hostility from foreign governments and publics. In the Muslim-majority world, it is commonly seen as an attempt to discredit traditional cultu…

Based on a careful ethnographic study of a racially and ethnically diverse immigrant mosque in a mid-sized Midwestern city, I examine the divergent perspectives developed by a group of immigrant Muslims about the American reality and their Muslim entity. The core question is tha…