He is the author of Finding Mecca in America: How Islam Is Becoming an American Religion (University of Chicago Press, 2012). In addition to American Islam, his research interests include social theory, Islamophobia, Muslim societies, Kurdish studies, and the theologian Said Nursî. Bilici is a faculty fellow at CUNY Dispute Resolution Center and a regular columnist for Yeni Yuzyil, a Turkish daily. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan.