By Haideh, Professor Moghissi,Halleh, Professor Ghorashi

In view of the becoming effect of faith in public existence at the nationwide and foreign scenes, Muslim Diaspora within the West constitutes a well timed contribution to scholarly debates and a reaction to matters raised within the West approximately Islam and Muslims inside diaspora. It starts off with the idea that diasporic groups of Islamic cultures, whereas originating in nations ruled by way of Islamic legislation and spiritual practices, faraway from being uniform, are in reality formed of their life and reports through a fancy internet of sophistication, ethnic, gender, non secular and nearby elements, in addition to the cultural and social affects in their followed houses.

Within this context, this quantity brings jointly paintings from specialists inside of Europe and North the USA to discover the procedures that form the stories and demanding situations confronted via migrants and refugees who originate in nations of Islamic cultures. offering the newest study from various destinations on each side of The Atlantic, Muslim Diaspora within the West addresses the realities of diasporic lifestyles for self-identified Muslims, addressing questions of integration, rights and equality ahead of the legislation, and hard stereotypical perspectives of Muslims. As such, it is going to attract students with pursuits in race and ethnicity, cultural, media and gender reports, and migration.

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