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Converting to Islam: Understanding the Experiences of White American Females

Converting to Islam: Understanding the Experiences of White American Females

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Religion General General Gender StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3319542494
ISBN13: 9783319542492
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jul 5 2017
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This text aims to discover the shared lived experiences of white American female converts to Islam in post- 9/11 America. It explores the increasingly hostile social climate faced by Muslim Americans, as well as the spiritual, social, physical, and mental integration of these women into the Muslim-American population. In the United States, rates of conversion to Islam are rapidly increasing--alongside Islamophobic sentiment and hate crimes against Muslims. For a period of time, there was a lull in this negative sentiment. However, in light of the Paris terror attacks, the increased prominence of ISIS/ISIL, and the influx of refugees from Syria, anti-Muslim rhetoric is once again on the rise. This volume analyzes how a singular collection of female converts have adapted to life in the United States in the shadow of 9/11.

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