Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : American Islam, Muslim Americans, and the American experiment / Juliane Hammer, Omid Safi -- The study of American Muslims : a history / Edward E. Curtis IV -- African Muslim slaves and Islam in Antebellum America / Richard Brent Turner -- Laying the groundwork for American Muslim histories : 1865-1965 / Sally Howell -- American Muslims in the contemporary world : 1965 to the present / Zain Abdullah -- Converts and conversions / Michael Muhammad Knight -- Demographics, political participation, and representation / Amaney Jamal, Liali Albana -- American Muslims and the media / Nabil Echchaibi -- Muslims in the American legal system / Kathleen M. Moore -- Religious pluralism, secularism, and interfaith endeavors / Rosemary R. Hicks -- Organizing communities : institutions, networks, groups / Karen Leonard -- Negotiating boundaries : American Sufis / Gisela Webb -- Religious normativity and praxis among American Muslims / Kambiz Ghaneabassiri -- Muslim spaces and Mosque architecture / Akel Ismail Kahera -- Islamic education in the United States : debates, practices, and institutions / Zareena A. Grewal, R. David Coolidge -- Muslim public intellectuals and global Muslim thought / Timur R. Yuskaev -- Cultural and literary production of Muslim America / Sylvia Chan-Malik -- Muslim youth cultures / Su'ad Abdul Khabeer, Maytha Alhassen -- Sexual identity, marriage, and family / Debra Majeed -- Studying American Muslim women : gender, feminism, and Islam / Juliane Hammer.