Yvonne Haddad is a leading author focused on contemporary Islam, its intellectual, social, and political history in the Arab world, and the position of Islam in the West. Her work explores the tension between traditional Islamic values and integration into Western society, particularly in the United States. Haddad is recognized as a foremost interpreter of the Islamic experience in the US. Her extensive publications in Islamic studies offer profound insights into the complex issues of modern Islam.
Explores the history of immigration and integration of Arab Muslims in the United States and their struggle to legitimate their presence in the face of continuing exclusion based on race, nationalist identity, and religion.
Muslims are the second largest religious group in much of Europe and northern America. The essays in this collection look both at the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western societies, and how Muslims are adpating to life in the west.