American Muslim

A Muslim who is American by citizenship, nationality, organized community affiliation, or identity — referring to the demographic, religious, and civic group of Muslims within the United States and their participation in American political, social, and religious life.

Claims that use this term

• He then quotes a Palestinian fighter in Afghanistan to show his definition of jihad: holy war against the West and violence against ‘Jews and infidels.’ Such a simplistic and superficial definition of jihad causes him to blame all Muslims for the consequences of militant Islam. His book leaves readers with the idea that all Muslim immigrants are potential terrorists simply because they are Muslim. He completely ignores the identity of the American Muslim population, painting Islam as a ‘foreign’ and ‘terrorist’ ideology that has penetrated American society. In short, his book depicts any identification with Islam as a threat everyone, non-Muslims and Muslims alike because it cannot coexist with other religions due to its inherent nature of allowing Muslims to impose their faith on others. Furthermore, Emerson deliberately leaves the word ‘Allah’ untranslated in his book in order to give off the idea that the Muslims’ concept of God is different from the Judeo-Christian concept of God. He also uses terminology such as ‘holy jihad’ and ‘militant jihad’ in order to instill fear in his readers.
• Naqvi rejects triumphalist narratives of American Muslim accommodation
• Hillary Clinton’s front-lines rhetoric marginalizes American Muslim political agency
• American Muslim organizations actively assimilated into the postwar Protestant-Catholic-Jew consensus
• American Muslim women are stereotyped as liberated in contrast to less free foreign sisters
• In the 1990s divorce remained taboo within American Muslim communities