Becoming Muslim

Becoming Muslim
Author : A. Mansson McGinty
Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 208
Release : 2006-10-02
ISBN 10 : 9780312376215
ISBN 13 : 0312376219
Language : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL
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Becoming Muslim Book Description:

While Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam.

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