Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink

REL 220 Immigration & Diversity: Contemporary Islam 1. Islam = surrender, peace through surrender ​Founder: Muhammad (570-632 CE) ​Mecca, Saudi Arabia ​Islam: the world religious tradition ​2nd largest in world ​Muslim: one who submits to the one God (the adherent) ​Statistics 2. American Muslims ​Slave ships ​Muslims who immigrated ​Muslims who converted ​Sunna (85%) ​Shia (15%) 3. Sacred Texts: ​Qur’an ​Hadith ​Arabic: sacred language Sacred Lineage ​Abraham, Hagar, Ishmael ​Ka’ba in Mecca Messages revealed to Muhammad ​Monotheism 5 Pillars of Islam ​Shahada ​Salat ​Zakat ​Swam ​Hajj 4. Muslims in the US (about 5-7 million) ​Slavery (10%) ​1878-1924: immigration ​1920: Cedar Rapids, “Mother Mosque” ​1924: Johnson-Reed Immigration Act ​Arabs and Asians ​African-American Islam in urban North ​Moorish Science Temple ​Nation of Islam ​1954: McCurran Walter Act ​1965: All immigration restrictions lifted ​1990: More than 600 mosques & centers in US ​After 1991: growing harassment (increased after 9/11) Focus: Religious Accommodations Task Force, Gaustad 2: 591-3 Material Artifact: “Digital Islamic Watch” http://www.tcc-qatar.com/islamic.watch.htm Hamtramck, MI: call to prayer, 2004 JUST FOR FUN: Read a NYT article about installing footbaths at the University of Michigan-Dearborn: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/education/07muslim.html