RT Book
T1 Muslim American politics and the future of US democracy
A1 Curtis, Edward E. 1970-
LA English
PP New York
PB New York University Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1753548675
AB Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Political Assimilation of Muslim Americans -- 2 The Nation of Islam and the Cold War Liberal Consensus -- 3 Malcolm X and the Islamic Politics of Global Black Liberation -- 4 The Transnational Ethics of Four Muslim American Women in Jordan -- 5 Blood Sacrifice and the Myth of the Fallen Muslim Soldier in US Presidential Elections after 9/11 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
AB Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have played outsized roles in US politics, sometimes as political dissidents and sometimes as political insiders. However, more than at any other moment in history, Muslim Americans now stand at the symbolic center of US politics and public life. This volume argues that the future of American democracy depends on whether Muslim Americans are able to exercise their political rights as citizens and whether they can find acceptance as social equals. Many believe that, over time, Muslim Americans will be accepted just as other religious minorities have been. Yet Curtis contends that this belief overlooks the real barrier to their full citizenship, which is political rather than cultural. The dominant form of American liberalism has prevented the political assimilation of American Muslims, even while leaders from Eisenhower to Obama have offered rhetorical support for their acceptance. Drawing on examples ranging from the political rhetoric of the Nation of Islam in the 1950s and 1960s to the symbolic use of fallen Muslim American service members in the 2016 election cycle, Curtis shows that the efforts of Muslim Americans to be regarded as full Americans have been going on for decades, yet never with full success. Curtis argues that policies, laws, and political rhetoric concerning Muslim Americans are quintessential American political questions. Debates about freedom of speech and religion, equal justice under law, and the war on terrorism have placed Muslim Americans at the center of public discourse. How Americans decide to view and make policy regarding Muslim Americans will play a large role in what kind of country the United States will become, and whether it will be a country that chooses freedom over fear and justice over prejudice
CN E184.M88
SN 978-1-4798-4655-9
K1 Islam and politics : United States
K1 Muslims : Political activity : United States
K1 Political Culture : United States
K1 Political Participation : United States
K1 RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
K1 André Carson
K1 Cold War
K1 Gamal Abdel Nasser
K1 Humayun Khan
K1 Islam
K1 Islamophobia
K1 Jordan
K1 Kareem Khan
K1 Linda Sarsour
K1 Malcolm X
K1 Nation of Islam
K1 United States
K1 activism
K1 anticommunism
K1 assimilation
K1 capitalism
K1 democracy
K1 discrimination
K1 dissent
K1 election
K1 foreign policy
K1 hajj
K1 immigration
K1 liberalism
K1 nationalism
K1 politics
K1 racial integration
K1 racism
K1 socialism
K1 war on terror
DO 10.18574/9781479846559