Blackamerican Muslim Scholars and Leaders in New York City

Recent work has drawn attention to the state-led and media-driven discourse of "good" and "bad" Muslims. It is a flexible discourse, with benchmarks and shifting appraisals, that aims to mold American Muslims into "good" secular Muslims. Drawing on old Orientalist re...

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Auteur principal:	Timothy Patrick Daniels
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Publié:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2019
Sujets:	Blackamerican Muslims imams chaplains Islamophobia Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ce1d10d8f7ff4194b57773c47f8068a02021-12-02T19:22:38ZBlackamerican Muslim Scholars and Leaders in New York City10.35632/ajis.v36i4.5492690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/ce1d10d8f7ff4194b57773c47f8068a02019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/549https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Recent work has drawn attention to the state-led and media-driven discourse of "good" and "bad" Muslims. It is a flexible discourse, with benchmarks and shifting appraisals, that aims to mold American Muslims into "good" secular Muslims. Drawing on old Orientalist representations, this American Islamophobic framework strives to produce "good" Blackamerican Muslims through rendering them as invisible, voiceless, or under the control of allies of the U.S. secular power. The three ethnographic vignettes—a masjid fundraiser, two chaplains, and a political collective—demonstrate that Blackamerican Muslims scholars and leaders are not only disrupting this discursive project, but also undermining negative portrayals of Muslims and Islam more broadly. In addition, through their practice and discourse, these Blackamerican Muslim figures are formulating an emergent American Muslim religious identity. Timothy Patrick DanielsInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleBlackamerican MuslimsimamschaplainsIslamophobiaIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 36, Iss 4 (2019)
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Blackamerican Muslim Scholars and Leaders in New York City

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