Islamic Culture
Discipline: Religious studies
Type of Paper: Essay (any type)
Academic Level: Undergrad. (yrs 3-4)
Paper Format: APA
Question
I am providing the sources (attached). Please cite paper according to the sources provided. Instructions below. Create an essay focusing on demonstrating the below indicated learning outcomes from the sources already provided. Please do in-text citations for those quotes selected to relate to learning outcomes. After completing in-text citations, you need to provide a detailed list of all the sources you referred to throughout your text as a Works Cited page.
In your presentation’s analysis, you will use your selected pieces to demonstrate the following 4 learning outcomes.
1) Explain how Muslims have defined and adapted their Islamic beliefs, Islamic practices, and Muslim identities as religious and ethnic/racial minorities in the U.S. in diverse ways. In other words, explain how they have negotiated and adapted their expressions and practices of Islam in relation to their specific socio-political locations in the U.S.
2) Explain how Muslims have contributed to the history, politics, and cultural forms of the U.S. (for example, through expressions and practices of Islam in relation to the Civil Rights movement, music, American slavery, etc.).
3) Explain how institutional discrimination and Islamophobia in the U.S. have impacted Muslims.
4) Explain how Muslims in the U.S. have drawn on Islamic traditions to support their claims to racial and economic justice, and how they have advocated against anti-Muslim, anti-Black, and anti-immigrant prejudice and discrimination in the U.S.
