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Table of Contents

I NTRODUCTION ....................................................................5 D R . Camille Pecastaing, Ph.D. 1. W HAT A MERICANS K NOW A BOUT I SLAM ..........................9 2. T HE I SLAMIC F AITH ......................................................17 3. M USLIMS D URING THE E RA OF S LAVERY ........................37 4. I MMIGRANTS , C ONVERTS , AND C OMMUNITIES ................43 5. A FRICAN A MERICANS AND I SLAM ....................................57 6. A MERICAN M USLIM L IFE ..............................................67 7. F AMILY , S OCIETY , AND C ULTURE ....................................83 8. C HALLENGES F ACING A MERICAN M USLIMS ....................99 C HRONOLOGY ..................................................................110 S ERIES G LOSSARY ............................................................112 F URTHER R EADING ..........................................................113 I NTERNET R ESOURCES ......................................................114 I NDEX ..............................................................................115 P ICTURE C REDIT ..............................................................119 C ONTRIBUTORS ..............................................................120