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Suggestions for Further Reading and Internet Resourc e s 3 3 5This stimulating volume includes essays on Islamic law, women, and continuingdebates about American Muslim identity.Haddad, Yvonne Y., and Jane I. Smith, eds. 1993. Mission to America: Five IslamicSectarian Communities in North America. Gainesville: University Press ofFlorida.This volume presents useful overviews of five Muslim groups in the UnitedStates, including the Druze, the Moorish Science Temple, the Ansaru Allah,the Ahmadiyya, and the United Submitters International.———, eds. 1994. Muslim Communities in North America. Albany: State Universityof New York Press.This volume is still the most comprehensive collection of case studies on localMuslim communities in North America. It includes research on both indigenousand immigrant Muslim groups.Lawrence, Bruce B. 2002. New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrantsin American Religious Life. New York: Columbia University Press.Based on Lawrence’s American Lectures on the History of Religions, thisvolume charts the importance of racialized class in the formation of AmericanMuslim communities and offers new directions for analyzing U.S. religiouspluralism.Leonard, Karen Isaksen. 2003. Muslims in the United States: The State of Rese a rc h . New York: Russell Sage.A necessary volume for all scholars and teachers of Islam in the UnitedStates, this book offers the most comprehensive review of scholarly literatureon American Muslims ever produced. It can also be used as a college-leveloverview of the history and life of Muslims in the United States.M c A l i s t e r, Melani. 2001. Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in theMiddle East, 1945–2000. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of CaliforniaP r e s s .Discussing such wide-ranging sources as popular movies, national securitydocuments, and museum exhibits, McAlister shows the importance of theMiddle East and Islam to U.S. politics and life, and in turn, she analyzes U.S.views and policies toward the Middle East.McCloud, Aminah Beverly. 1995. African American Islam. New York: Routledge.This pioneering overview of various African American Muslim groups addressesissues pertaining to black Muslim women and African American Muslimfamilies.