Conflicting Images of Muslims in Post-9 11 American Literature

Bibliographic Information
Journal	Al-Idah
Title	Conflicting Images of Muslims in Post-9 11 American Literature
Author(s)	Khalis, Abdus Salam
Volume	25
Issue	2
Year	2012
Pages	87-100
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Chicago 16th	Khalis, Abdus Salam. "Conflicting Images of Muslims in Post-9 11 American Literature." Al-Idah 25, no. 2 (2012).
APA 6th	Khalis, A. S. (2012). Conflicting Images of Muslims in Post-9 11 American Literature. Al-Idah, 25(2).
MHRA	Khalis, Abdus Salam. 2012. 'Conflicting Images of Muslims in Post-9 11 American Literature', Al-Idah, 25.
MLA	Khalis, Abdus Salam. "Conflicting Images of Muslims in Post-9 11 American Literature." Al-Idah 25.2 (2012). Print.
Harvard	KHALIS, A. S. 2012. Conflicting Images of Muslims in Post-9 11 American Literature. Al-Idah, 25.

Al-Idah الایضاح Volume 25 Issue 2 Contents

طریقت اور شریعت گلوبلائزیشن: تعارف, محركات اور مقاصد حقوق نسواں: ناریخی تہذیبی و مذہبی تقابلی مطالعہ اسلامی نظام عدل و قضاء كے تقاضے و خصوصیات افتاء كے فضائل قرآن و حدیث كی روشنی میں ضرورة تبني الأدب الإسلامي في عصر المادة الحديث ودور الأديب المسلم في نشره الإمام زفر: أصوله الفقهية وآرائه المفتي بها في تفسير الأحكام الله وصفاته في سفر التكوين من التوراة Wilayat al Mazalim: Application of Siysah Shari’yyah Meaning of Wilayat al Mazalim Right to Life As a Human Right: A Comparative Study of Shari’ah and Law A Sharia’h Perspective of Minimum Account Balance Requirement in Islamic Banking Conflicting Images of Muslims in Post-9 11 American Literature

Abstract

Since the advent ofIslam, Muslims have never ceased to be importantfor the West and have been variously depicted in English literature from time to time. However, after the tragic incidents of 11th September, 2001, there has been a dramatic change in the world'sfocus on them, both in nature and in magnitude. Both as Ummah—theformal Arabic word for the global community of Muslims —and as individuals, they have suddenlyfound themselves among the protagonists of English literature in general, and that produced in the North American Continent in particular. This paper aims at discussing the different images of Muslims and Islam in the English literature of North America, focusing on their nature, types, causes, consequences and the way they differ from the depiction of Muslims and Islam before the drastic disaster of nine-eleven. It also intends to contrast the literature authored by Muslim Americans about themselves with that written by non-Muslim Americans about them during the period infocus.