Zareena Grewal’s book traces the hopes, debates, accomplishments, and disappointments
of American Muslim students who travel to the Middle East in
pursuit of Islamic knowledge. As Grewal discovers through her interviews
with over 100 students and teachers, the impetus behind many of their journeys
is a desire to find a solution to the “crisis” of Islamic authority in the
United States. But once they spend some time immersed in a predominantly
Muslim society, many discover that this crisis extends to the Muslim world
as well.
American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences