Mecca and Main Street Muslim Life in America after 9/11 [Paperback]

Islam is Americas fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims in the United States, all living in the shadow of 9/11. Who are our Muslim neighbors? What are their beliefs and desires? How are they coping with life under the War on Terror?
InMecca and Main Street, noted author and journalist Geneive Abdo offers illuminating answers to these questions. Gaining unprecedented access to Muslim communities in America, she traveled across the country, visiting schools, mosques, Islamic centers, radio stations, and homes. She reveals a community tired of being judged by American perceptions of Muslims overseas and eager to tell their own stories. Abdo brings these stories vividly to life, allowing us to hear their own voices and inviting us to understand their hopes and their fears.
Inspiring, insightful, tough-minded, and even-handed, this book will appeal to those curious (or fearful) about the Muslim presence in America. It will also be warmly welcomed by the Muslim community.

Introduction
1. History of Muslims in America
2. Muslim Life Today
3. The Traditionalists
4. Spreading the Faith
5. Women
6. The Converts
7. Muslim Voices
8. European Muslims
9. Conclusion

There is no better time and no better book to understand the American Muslim experience today thanMecca and Main Street.
--John L. Esposito, author ofWhat Everyone Needs to Know about Islam

Geneive Abdo's work captures in great detail the immense hardships Muslim face in the post-September-11th world and offers hope for their success and co-existence in America. Her book shatters stereotypes about Muslims and teaches us that more understanding of Islam is needed for global peace. --Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Given rising anxiety about the possible alienation of American Muslims, a readable book offering a responsible yet sympathetic profile of that community should l3©