American Muslim Poll 2004

Project MAPS: Muslims in American Public Square is presenting the results of the second American Muslims Poll. The first poll was conducted through the Zogby International in the months of November and December 2001. The 2004 Poll covers the following areas: 1) Demographics: gender, generation and ethnicity, U.S. born and immigrants, income and education levels, […]

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Islam in the United States of America

by Sulayman Nyang This book is a collection of essays written over several years. Professor Sulayman S. Nyang has collected them to share with the reading public his insights and research findings on the emerging Muslim community in the United States of America. Working on the assumption that American Muslims are still unknown to most […]

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Muslims’ Place In The American Public Square

Book: By Zahid H. Bukhari (Editor), Sulayman S. Nyang (Editor), Mumtaz Ahmad (Editor), John L. Esposito (Editor), Taha Jaber Alalwani (Contribution by). Overview Once a year Muslims from around the world—representing a vast range of ethnicities, incomes, ages, and attitudes—perform the Hajj (pilgrimage) and converge in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Now, […]

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Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities

Book: Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities by Ed. Mumtaz Ahmad (Author) , Ed. Zahid Bukhari (Author) , Ed. Sulayman Nyang (Author) , Mumtaz Ahmad (Editor) , Zahid H. Bukhari (Editor) , Sulayman S. Nyang (Editor) , Shiraz Khan (Editor) The collection of papers in this volume documents the study […]

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Public Policy. Concepts, Models, Theories

Public Policy: Concepts, Models, Theories “What is common between the Lal Masjid tragedy of 2007 in Pakistan, the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Madrassa Reform Project of 2002 of Pakistan, the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in 1979, the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962, President Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty of the mid-1960s, and […]

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The Islamic Vision of Development in the Light of Maqasid al-Shariah

By Dr Muhammad Umer Chapra M. Umer Chapra is Research Advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Jeddah. Prior to this position, he worked at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), Riyadh, for nearly years, retiring as Senior Economic Advisor. He has also taught as Assistant and […]

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