Schmidt, Garbi. Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 22 September 2004

Schmidt, Garbi. Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2004. Paper $22.95.

The book poses two questions: Can Islam in America be considered an "American" religion? Is the Muslim community monolithic? In an attempt to answer them, Schmidt focuses on the study of Sunni Muslim institutions in Chicago. Muslim weekend schools, Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN), Muslim full-time schools, the Muslim Student Association, mosques, and para-mosques (grassroots organizations that supplement mosques and other Muslim...