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The Resource How to be a Muslim : an American story, Haroon Moghul

How to be a Muslim : an American story, Haroon Moghul

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Summary
"Haroon Moghul was thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, becoming an undergraduate leader at New York University's Islamic Center and forced into appearances everywhere: on TV, before interfaith audiences, in print. Moghul was a prominent voice for American Muslims even as he struggled with his relationship to Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn't pray regularly. All he wanted was a girlfriend. But as he discovered, it wasn't so easy to leave religion behind. To be true to himself, he needed to forge a unique American Muslim identity that reflected his beliefs and personality. [This book] reveals a young man coping with the crushing pressure of a world that fears Muslims, struggling with his faith and searching for intellectual forebears, and suffering the onset of bipolar disorder. This is the story of the second-generation immigrant, of what it's like to lose yourself between cultures and how to pick up the pieces."--Page [4] of cover
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
231 pages
Contents
  • You go to sleep, and you wake up dead
  • How the hell the apple fell
  • Linda was a cheerleader
  • Judge none choose one
  • Catholic girls
  • Hi, I am not a Christian
  • Which of these two Land Cruisers will you deny?
  • And Shams is the sun
  • "Are you there, Muhammad? It's me, God."
  • A planet called Medina
  • The falafel philosophy
  • You think you need to get married
  • Between the Dome of the Rock and a hard place
  • Wake me up when September ends
  • Make it look like you're working
  • The gravedigger said
  • The late, great Mosque of Córdoba
  • How to be an idiot
  • The bigamist
  • Emirate state of mind
  • Jet engine oven
  • Matthew and son
  • Who shot the Shatri
  • Gazi Husrev begging the question
  • Muslim prefers Virgin
Isbn
9780807020746
Instance
Label
How to be a Muslim : an American story
Title
How to be a Muslim
Title remainder
an American story
Statement of responsibility
Haroon Moghul
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Haroon Moghul was thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, becoming an undergraduate leader at New York University's Islamic Center and forced into appearances everywhere: on TV, before interfaith audiences, in print. Moghul was a prominent voice for American Muslims even as he struggled with his relationship to Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn't pray regularly. All he wanted was a girlfriend. But as he discovered, it wasn't so easy to leave religion behind. To be true to himself, he needed to forge a unique American Muslim identity that reflected his beliefs and personality. [This book] reveals a young man coping with the crushing pressure of a world that fears Muslims, struggling with his faith and searching for intellectual forebears, and suffering the onset of bipolar disorder. This is the story of the second-generation immigrant, of what it's like to lose yourself between cultures and how to pick up the pieces."--Page [4] of cover
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Moghul, Haroon
Dewey number
  • 297.092
  • B
Index
no index present
LC call number
BP80.M6155
LC item number
A3 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Moghul, Haroon
  • Muslims
  • Islam
  • Identification (Religion)
  • Pakistani Americans
Label
How to be a Muslim : an American story, Haroon Moghul
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
You go to sleep, and you wake up dead -- How the hell the apple fell -- Linda was a cheerleader -- Judge none choose one -- Catholic girls -- Hi, I am not a Christian -- Which of these two Land Cruisers will you deny? -- And Shams is the sun -- "Are you there, Muhammad? It's me, God." -- A planet called Medina -- The falafel philosophy -- You think you need to get married -- Between the Dome of the Rock and a hard place -- Wake me up when September ends -- Make it look like you're working -- The gravedigger said -- The late, great Mosque of Córdoba -- How to be an idiot -- The bigamist -- Emirate state of mind -- Jet engine oven -- Matthew and son -- Who shot the Shatri -- Gazi Husrev begging the question -- Muslim prefers Virgin
Control code
ocn948734418
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
231 pages
Isbn
9780807020746
Isbn Type
(pbk. : acid-free paper)
Lccn
2016041078
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)948734418
Label
How to be a Muslim : an American story, Haroon Moghul
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
You go to sleep, and you wake up dead -- How the hell the apple fell -- Linda was a cheerleader -- Judge none choose one -- Catholic girls -- Hi, I am not a Christian -- Which of these two Land Cruisers will you deny? -- And Shams is the sun -- "Are you there, Muhammad? It's me, God." -- A planet called Medina -- The falafel philosophy -- You think you need to get married -- Between the Dome of the Rock and a hard place -- Wake me up when September ends -- Make it look like you're working -- The gravedigger said -- The late, great Mosque of Córdoba -- How to be an idiot -- The bigamist -- Emirate state of mind -- Jet engine oven -- Matthew and son -- Who shot the Shatri -- Gazi Husrev begging the question -- Muslim prefers Virgin
Control code
ocn948734418
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
231 pages
Isbn
9780807020746
Isbn Type
(pbk. : acid-free paper)
Lccn
2016041078
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)948734418

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