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Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas

Maybe someday

39

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

26/100

Critics

53/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Omar Mouallem

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Date:

September 21, 2021

Journalist Omar Mouallem travels to thirteen mosques and discovers the surprising history of their communities. But what he finds also challenges his own long-held personal beliefs, and even his sense of identity.

What The Reviewers Say

Sheniz Janmohamed,
Quill & Quire (CAN)
... a fascinating exploration of the many manifestations of Islam across cultures, traditions, communities, and political lines.
Melik Kaylan,
The Wall Street Journal
[A] fascinating, occasionally exasperating and almost infallibly instructive read.
Austin Bodetti,
Inside Arabia
... a riveting new book intends to rebalance Western understandings of the religion.
Anne Bartlett,
BookPage
...absorbing.