New York Masjid by Jerrilynn D DODDS (9781576871355)
New York Masjid by Jerrilynn D DODDS (9781576871355)
New York Masjid (Book)
Jerrilynn D DODDS Release Date: 20 Jun 2002 Format: Hardback Pages: 104 ISBN: 9781576871355 ISBN-10: 1576871355
NEW YORK MASJID: MOSQUES OF NEW YORK took root on February 26, 1993 in the midst of an urban crisis: the World Trade Center bombing. But ultimately more destructive to the city at that time were the tidal waves of toxic and reductive one-line headlines that followed in the written and televised media: "Muslim Terrorist", leaving a kind of easy, familiar code name for terror. Now, amidst fresh unease about terrorism, this timely book offers an insightful and unbiased account of a much-maligned and rapidly growing culture around the world, taken in perhaps the one place in the world where all manifestations of religious adherents live and work: New York City. Featuring photographs, essays, and interviews documenting the mosques at the centre of each of New York's Muslim communities, this book reveals the ways these buildings reflect and create identities for Muslims within a dense and diverse urban fabric.
