Overview: Background Materials

• Islam in the United States: A Tentative Ascent
       Conversation with Yvonne Haddad, Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  
  
• Muslims in America: Demographic Facts
       A compilation of recent statistics on Muslim congregations in the United States.
  
  
• Bassiouni, M. Cherif. Introduction to Islam
       From the Middle East Institute George Camp Keiser Library, this online book provides an introduction to the history and culture of Islam for non-Muslim readers.
  
  
• Glossary of Islamic Terms and Concepts
       This glossary, offered through the University of California Web site, had its beginnings from the information contained in the booklet Introducing Islam to Non-Muslims by Hussein Khalid Al-Hussein and Ahmad Hussein Sakr.