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BLS Library Digital Book Displays: Current Display I: Muslim American Heritage

Introduction

In January 2024, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, U.S. Representative André Carson and others introduced a resolution "[e]xpressing support for the recognition of January as 'Muslim-American Heritage Month' and celebrating the heritage and culture of Muslim Americans in the United States." Also, January is New Jersey's Muslim Heritage Month - click here to view a calendar of local events.

To learn more, access:

American Muslims: A History Revealed - described by the creators as "a landmark series of short documentary films that reveal and explore the untold histories of Muslims in the United States"
American Muslims: A History Revealed - a timeline

Muslim American Heritage - Explore BLS Library's Books

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1992)

Black Muslims and the Law: Civil Liberties from Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali (2015)

Born with Wings: The Spiritual Journey of a Modern Muslim Woman (2018)

Author and advocate Daisy Khan founded Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE). WISE is an NGO based in New York CIty.

Claiming Belonging: Muslim American Advocacy in an Era of Islamophobia (2021)

Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America (2020)

Forever Suspect: Racialized Surveillance of Muslim Americans in the War on Terror (2018)

Gullah Geechee Muslims in America: Exploring Islamic Identity in the African Diaspora (2024)

Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World (2020)

A History of Islam in America: From the New World to the New World Order (2010)

Homeland Elegies: A Novel (2020)

Islam: An American Religion (2017)

The Islamic Worldview: Islamic Jurisprudence: An American Muslim Perspective (v. 1, 2015)

Islamophobia in Higher Education: Combating Discrimination and Creating Understanding (2020)

The Kite Runner (originally published in 2003)

Muslim American City: Gender and Religion in Metro Detroit (2020)

A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said (c2011)

Autobiography. Translated from the Arabic, edited, and with an introduction by Ala Alryyes.

New Moons Contemporary Writing by North American Muslims (2021)

Anthology.

Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream (2018)

Memoir.

Rewriting Islam: Decolonialism, Justice, and Contemporary Muslimah Literature (2024)

Salt Houses (2017)

Award-winning author Hala Alyan lives in Brooklyn.

Sharia As Informal Law: Lived Experiences of Young Muslims in Western Societies (2024)

This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman (2020)

Memoir.

Transnational Muslims In American Society (c2006)