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Malaysian Americans have created several community associations in the U.S. The Malaysian American Society was founded in 1967 to promote cultural exchanges between Malaysia and the U.S. [8] Other community organizations include the Malaysian Association of Georgia [9] and the Malaysian Association of Southern California. [10]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established in the U.S. in 1921, before the existence of Nation of Islam, according to its members. [192] [193] Muslim Congress, a charitable non-profit social welfare organization, aimed at promoting Islamic knowledge, morality, and values amongst Muslims in North America.
Muslims who wish to convert from Islam face severe obstacles. For Muslims, particularly ethnic Malays, the right to leave the Islamic faith and adhere to another religion is a controversial question. The legal process of conversion is also unclear; in practice it is very difficult for Muslims to change their religion legally. [39]
Being Muslim in America means… “Having a lot of weight on your shoulders; having a lot of responsibility. Having responsibility to your own community and responsibility to one's fellow Americans to not only convey the right impression of Islam, but also to shed a critical light on what our country is doing around the world and domestically.
Nonetheless, these remarks later triggered a polemic often repeated in the media by Islamist and nationalist circles that recognising the right of the Malayans and the entire Muslim community to be free to choose their own beliefs would risk provoking a "Massive exodus of apostates" within the nation, the same slogan has also been listed on the ...
The book is critical of Islam and the multiculturalism which the author sees as enabling Muslim extremism. It sets out to make the case that moderate Christian churches should seek actively to convert Muslim believers. [1] The book has been praised by Christopher Hitchens, John Lloyd, and Richard Dawkins. [2]
Backlash 9/11: Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans Respond by Anny P. Bakalian and Medhi Bozorgmehr; The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States by Edward E. Curtis IV; Muslims in the West After 9/11: Religion, Law and Politics by Jocelyne Cesari; Muslim Americans: Debating the notions of America and un-American by Nahid Afrose Kabir
Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, professor of religion at Reed College, and author of A History of Islam in America and Competing Visions of Islam in the United States. M. R. Ghanoonparvar, professor emeritus of Persian and comparative literature at the faculty of Middle Eastern studies at the University of Texas, Austin