Author: Ahmad Shakernezhad The viewpoint of individuals about the essence of being and about man’s and God’s relationship with the whole of being affects their way of spirituality. The spirituality of one who thinks that being (nature, the supernatural realm, man, and God) is one integrated and indistinct whole is very different from that of...Read More

Several … American Muslims have written about the community. For example, James Yee’s For God and Country (2005), Sumbul Ali-Karamali’s The Muslims Next Door (2008), and Asma Nomani’s Standing Alone in Mecca (2006) have experienced modest mainstream success. Mucahit Bilici’s Finding Mecca in America (2012) is a notable, although a more academic, work. Download Source:...Read More

History has presented us the pinnacle of human civilisation in the context of coexistence during the 17th century period in Europe itself whereupon the values of mutual tolerance, intellectual acumen, wisdom and moderation reigned supreme par excellence. This beacon of civilisation witnessed the glorious peak of La Convivencia where all were able to live and...Read More

This essay is an exploration into the social inevitabilities of culture shifts within the American Muslim community’s self-understanding of their faith. Rather than a theological explication of the reasons why and why not Islam may or can or will not assimilate in America, our approach will be strictly sociological thereby side-stepping the intricate dialectic of...Read More