Between Immigrant Islam and Black Liberation: Young Muslims Inherit Global Muslim and African American Legacies.

This article discusses the identity of American Muslims. Their identity is both an immigrant and an African American formation, and to study Muslim identity as a process of assimilation, where Muslims are theorized as Other vis-à-vis Anglo Protestants, leaves unexplored how intra-ummah (Muslim community) relations shape American Muslim identity. Immigrant Muslim influence on African Americans reflects a double narrative: one shows immigrants using Islam to appeal to African American interests, the other shows them privileging Arab and Asian cultural practices associated with Islam.