Library: Islam: Islam in America

Books to Check out

Islam in America by Jane I. Smith
Call Number: 297.0973 S651i
ISBN: 9780231147118
Publication Date: 2009-11-19
Becoming American? The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
Call Number: Del Ref 305.8927 H126be (does not circulate)
ISBN: 9781602584068
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Available to request through OhioLINK.
The North American Muslim Resource Guide by Mohamed Nimer
Call Number: 297 N713n
ISBN: 0415937280
Publication Date: 2002-09-20
Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11 by Lori A. Peek
Call Number: 305.697 P373be
ISBN: 9781592139828
Publication Date: 2010-11-26
Islam in the African-American Experience by Richard B. Turner
Call Number: 297 T951i
ISBN: 0253332389
Publication Date: 1997-06-01

A Portrait of Muslim Americans
This infographic from the Pew Research Center compares a sample of the US Muslim population to the US general population in terms of political beliefs, religious service attendance, and even watching sporting events.
Controversies over Mosques and Islamic Centers across the US
Interactive map of proposed new mosques in the US, including many that were never realized. Click on the map to read background information and to locate news articles on each proposed mosque.
Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream
The first-ever nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans finds them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world.

The historical marker outside the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo. source

Masjid Omar, one of Columbus's oldest mosques
- provides information for visitors
- offers courses in English and Arabic through Omar Islamic University as well as courses on Arabic as a second language through its academic program affiliated with American Interglobal University
Student Organizations at CSCC For more information on CSCC's Muslim Student Assocation, call 287-2637 or visit Nestor Hall 116.

Born in the USA: Muslim Americans
Call Number: DVD 305.697 B7361
ISBN: 0972383956
Publication Date: 2003
In order to challenge the misrepresentation of Muslims in America, this video examines the everyday lives of a Muslim American doctor and a teacher in a post 9-11 world.

Council on American-Islamic Relations
Website of America's largest Islamic civil liberties group.
Protecting the Religious Freedom of Muslims
Provided by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History by Edward E. Curtis
Call Number: Ref 973.088 E5644 v.1-2 & Del Ref 973.088 E5644 v.1-2 c.2 (does not circulate)
ISBN: 9780816075751
Publication Date: 2010-06-01
Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States by Jocelyne Cesari (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 297 E5643 v.1-2 (does not circulate)
ISBN: 9780313336256
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
Muslims in America by Edward E. Curtis
Call Number: 305.697 C978m & Delaware Ref 305.697 C978m c.2
ISBN: 9780195367560
Publication Date: 2009-10-01
Note: This book can be checked out from the main stacks (3rd floor) at the Columbus campus library. The copy in the Delaware reference collection does not circulate.