Young Arab Americans claim Muslim-first identity partly as a marriage tactic

Evidence

Naber argues that there are a few factors that influence young Arab Americans to claim they are “Muslim first.” Some individuals feel their religious identity defines them more than their other identities, like ethnicity or even their national identity, and the increased media racialization of Islam after 9/11 has contributed to the stronger connection young Arabs feel to their religious identity. Furthermore, this group sometimes uses “Muslim first” as a tactic to convince their immigrant parents to support interracial marriages with other Muslims (Naber 2005). — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 135

Categorization

• QUESTION: Wonder what the gender dynamics are—whose consent, whose parents—in this Muslim-first marriage strategy.
• XREF: connects to: Ethnic endogamy persists among South Asian Muslims despite a shared Muslim identity — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 720