This study was purposed to reveal doubleness of cultural identity experienced by diaspora individuals in a short story written Randa Jarrar, entitled Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. captured life who not easy for completely different culture between the homeland and hostland. Jarrar depicted how being Muslim living western country could be totally mess her identity. To conduct this study, method used qu...

Abstract In this article we define a new concept that has not previously been theorized: non-Muslim Islam . We argue theories and methodologies within Islamic studies produce hierarchy between Muslim productions of Islam, prioritizing the first. However, highlights may be produced for other purposes than belief in deity; example important producing identity, politics, aesthetics, narratives, et...

Despite growing interest from practitioners, politicians and the media, the political representation of Muslim ethnic minority women in the West has received scant scholarly attention. I address this gap with new data on the representation of Muslim ethnic minority women and men in 20 national legislatures from 2000 to 2010. Results reveal that Muslim ethnic minority women are increasingly elec...

A comparative study on anthropometric measurements and adiposity indices among adult (18 23 years) Hindu (n=100) and Muslim (n=100) females showed significant difference (p<0.001) except maximum hip circumference. The study also revealed that Hindu females had higher overall and abdominal fat deposition than Muslim females. Comparison of body mass index cut off values (WHO, 1995) revealed that ...

Are Muslim immigrants subjected to targeted opposition (i.e., Islamophobia) on their pathway to US citizenship? Using a list experiment and a representative sample of the US population, we compare explicit and implicit opposition to Muslim and Christian immigrants. We find that Muslim immigrants, relative to Christian immigrants, experience greater explicit resistance. However, when social desi...

The article examines theoretical benefits and potentials of the formation of economic integration among the Muslim World. The degree of economic integration has often been used as a gauge of the success of economic moderate and structural adjustment policies. The Muslim World, as it stands today, is characterized by paradoxes and contradictions. Formation of economic integration among Muslim co...