by MUQTEDAR KHAN
For nearly three decades, the predominantly immigrant element of the Muslim community has been obsessed with preserving the Islamic identity of Muslims and particularly the identity of their progeny. Therefore the only institutions in which the community has invested are mosques and Islamic schools and the sermons and curriculum are dominated by the identity preservation agenda. The problem with this approach is that it focuses not on emphasizing what it is that Muslims have in common with other Americans, but rather on what is different about Muslims from other Americans – Islam.
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(Thanks to Mukul Dube)