Islam, Individual Freedom, and the Pandemic: Reflections of a Muslim American Woman Living in the Middle East

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The Contemporary Muslim American Woman

Review & Expositor ◽

10.1177/003463730810500108 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 105 (1) ◽

pp. 85-91

Author(s):

Tayyibah Taylor

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

American Woman ◽

Community Living ◽

Muslim Community ◽

Muslim American ◽

American Women ◽

Privileged Position ◽

Muslim American Women ◽

Muslim Culture

Muslim American women are making an impact on Muslim culture and thought while facing challenges from both the broader community and the Muslim community. Living in the richly diverse Muslim American community, they propound varied approaches and solutions to their challenges. They are in a privileged position with an American legacy of critical thinking and freedom and their Islamic legacy of autonomy and spiritual agency.

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Islam Our Choice

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v21i2.1800 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 117-118

Author(s):

Huda Khattab

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Native American ◽

American Woman ◽

Muslim Americans ◽

Muslim American ◽

General Outline ◽

Her Family ◽

Wide Range ◽

Muslim Communities ◽

Islamic Faith

This book is a delightful read. The somewhat unoriginal title (compilationsof conversion accounts under the title Islam Our Choice have been aroundfor several decades, including stories that date back to the mid-twentiethcentury) belies the original and unique stories told within. However, thesewords might be rather startling for many non-Muslims, and thus piquetheir curiosity enough to pick up the book and inquire further.Islam Our Choice, aimed primarily at non-Muslim Americans, tellsthe stories of fellow Americans who have chosen to follow a different pathbut who are still Americans. The authors express the hope that “each non-Muslim American reader will probably be able to relate to and identifywith the pre-Muslim background of at least one of the authors” (p. 2). Theinclusion of family photos and illustrations adds to the book’s visualappeal and shows the contributors as ordinary Americans who are at homewith their new identity as Muslims.Although the contributors cover a wide range of geographical locations,levels of education, and career paths, their ethnic and religious backgroundscover a narrower range. Most of the respondents were former Christians ofvarying denominations, and most are white; one African-American womanalso contributed her story. It is now well known that there are Jewish,Latinos/Latinas, and Native American converts, and, hopefully, their storieswill be told in the near future in order to present a fuller picture of how Islamis reaching all sections of American society.The book opens with a brief overview of Islamic faith and practice, Islamin America, and a comparison between the position of women in modernAmerica and in Islam. This sets the scene, as it were, for readers who may beunfamiliar with the Muslim world and with Muslim communities in the West.Written according to the introduction’s general outline, each chapterrelates the story of an American woman who has come to Islam. All contributorsoffer insight into their childhood worlds, whether they were cozyand relatively uneventful, or dogged by poverty and such family troublesas alcoholism. Debra L. Dirks introduces the Mennonite culture fromwhich her family comes, and Khadijah R. Beruni sheds light on the twoworlds of her childhood in an extended African-American family: living ...

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Arab Americans: Between Conflicting Definitions of Belonging

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.213 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 67-70

Author(s):

Jehan Mullin

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

American Woman ◽

Arab Americans ◽

Arab American ◽

Arab Women ◽

Cultural Backgrounds ◽

Arab Region ◽

Clear Cut ◽

The Past ◽

Arab Middle East

As a proud-to-be Arab American woman who has resided in Lebanon for the past few years, my interest was immediately peaked when I heard that an issue of Al-Raida was to be dedicated to “Arab diaspora women”. I could not help but wonder who exactly would be represented in the issue because, as I have learned, what the category "Arab Women" refers to and how exactly they are defined for many among Arab diasporic communities often differs with the more commonly accepted definitions in the Arab region. Of course, nothing is clear-cut when it comes to identity. Individuals of diverse ethnic, religious or cultural backgrounds often identify in numerous ways. There are, however, general patterns that can be discerned in how communities are defined or categorized amongst Arab American populations and those in the Arab Middle East; and it is the differences in these definitions that conflict with one another in rather fundamental ways.

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At forlade sekten

Passage - Tidsskrift for litteratur og kritik ◽

10.7146/pas.v24i62.6356 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (62) ◽

Author(s):

Tetz Rooke

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Life Story ◽

Early Christianity ◽

Religious Movements ◽

Proper Solution ◽

The Novel ◽

Individual Freedom ◽

Moral Principles ◽

Role Of Religion

Tetz Rooke: “Leaving the Sect”In the prize-winning novel Azazil (2008) by Yusuf Zaydan, a Christian monk tells the dramatic story of his life, which is also the dramatic story of early Christianity in the Middle East. The novel problematizes the role of religion in politics and the individual’s responsibility for violence directed against “non-believers”. The same issues are also addressed in the true life story of the former Egyptian, Islamist activist Khaled al-Berry, Life is More Beautiful than Paradise (2001). Both books show defection as a proper solution when religious movements turn authoritarian and sully both individual freedom and moral principles.

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