Islam Is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority

In Islam Is a Foreign Country, Zareena Grewal explores some of the most pressing debates about and among American Muslims: what does it mean to be Muslim and American? Who has the authority to speak for Islam and to lead the stunningly diverse population of American Muslims? Do their ties to the larger Muslim world undermine their efforts to make Islam an American religion?   Offering rich insights into these questions and more, Grewal follows the journeys of American Muslim youth who …