essay
Arab Muslims and Islamic institutions in America: adaption and reform
Arabs in the New World: studies on Arab-American communities • Detroit, Mich. • Published In 1983 • Pages: 64-81
By: Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the Muslim immigration to the United States and the establishment and growth of Islam in America. The author describes the initial growth period of Islam in North America involving the adaptation of Islamic practices to a new environment. 'This resulted in a distinct American influence on the mosque, its functions and administration; hence the role on the mosque in North America is closer to that of an 'ethnic' church than to mosques in the Arab world. Since the early 1970s, however, there has been a return to normative Islam, sometimes referred to as 'reform'. The reform movement had been stimulated by the recent influx of new immigrants who have revived more traditional Islamic practices in America' (p. 64). In addition to the above, this work also describes the establishment of several Islamic organizations and institutions, several of which are of student origin.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Sodalities
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Students
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca.1890 - 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Yvonne Haddad
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-81)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83001401
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans