Islamic education in the United States and the evolution of muslim nonprofit institutions / / Sabith Khan, Shariq Siddiqui.

This book is a novel and ambitious attempt to map the Muslim American nonprofit sector: its origins, growth and impact on American society. Using theories from the fields of philanthropy, public administration and data gathered from surveys and interviews, the authors make a compelling case for the...

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Place / Publishing House:Cheltenham, England ;, Northampton, Massachusetts : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2017.
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:New Horizons in Nonprofit Research
Physical Description:1 online resource (168 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Islamic philanthropy as a discursive tradition
  • Muslim philanthropy and nonprofit institutions in America
  • Identification and American Muslim philanthropy
  • Philanthropy, institution building and legitimacy in Islamic schools in America
  • Interlocutors of tradition or signposts of the future of Islam in America? : Islamic schools in the US
  • Conclusion: Prospects for future growth and development.