Muslim family in a dilemma
Subtitle: quest for a western identity
By: edited by Mohammad Akhtar.
Contributors: Akhtar, Mohammad.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780761836506; 9780761836513
Subjects: Muslim families.; Muslim families -- United States -- Social life and customs.; Muslim families -- Europe -- Social life and customs.; Muslims -- Race identity -- United States.; Muslims -- Race identity -- Europe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Foreword / John Esposito; value: Nature of family problems in western Muslims. A peek into the mind of Muslim youths / Mohmmad Akhtar; value: How do Muslims in North America divorce? / I. Ba-Yunus; value: Muslim women's struggle for a dignified family role / F. Grimm. pt. 2. Reconciling the conflicts of Islam and the West. Women: identical or similar (woman's place in Islam) / Murad Hoffmann; value: Family issues of the Western culture: perceptions and perspectives / Mohammad Akhtar. pt. 3. Islam as support for Muslim family in the West. Islam and living in the West: challenge of cross-cultural applications / J. Alalwani; value: Marital and family relationships in Islam / Ruqqaiiyyah Maqsood.