TY  - GEN
T1  - Making Muslim space in North America and Europe
T2  - Comparative studies on Muslim societies ;
A2  - Metcalf, Barbara, 1941-
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 1996
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm42856394
AB  - Focusing on the private and public use of space, this volume explores the religious life of the new Muslim communities in North America and Europe. Unlike most studies of immigrant groups, these essays concentrate on cultural practices and expressions of everyday life rather than on the political issues that dominate today's headlines. The authors emphasize the cultural strength and creativity of communities that draw upon Islamic symbols and practices to define "Muslim space" against the background of a non-Muslim environment. -- The range of perspectives is broad, encompassing middle-class professionals, mosque congregations, factory workers in France and the north of England, itinerant African traders, and prison inmates in New York. The truism that "Islam is a religion of the word" takes on concrete meaning as these disparate communities find ways to elaborate word-centered ritual and to have the visual and aural presence of sacred words in the spaces they inhabit. -- Publisher description
OP  - 264
CN  - BP67.A1 M34 1996eb
SN  - 9780520917439
SN  - 052091743X
SN  - 0585091420
SN  - 9780585091426
SN  - 9780520204034
SN  - 0520204034
SN  - 9780520204041
SN  - 0520204042
KW  - Muslims : North America.
KW  - Muslims : Europe.
KW  - Musulmans : Amérique du Nord.
KW  - Musulmans : Europe.
KW  - RELIGION : Islam : Rituals & Practice.
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / General
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Europe
KW  - North America
KW  - Diaspora.
KW  - Islam
KW  - Muslim
KW  - Europa
KW  - Nordamerika
KW  - Aufsatzsammlung
KW  - Islamieten.
KW  - Religieuze opvattingen.
KW  - Architecture islamique : Amérique du Nord.
KW  - Architecture islamique : Europe.
ER  -