(Ebook) Converting to Islam: Understanding the Experiences of White American Females by Amy Melissa Guimond (auth.) ISBN 9783319542492, 9783319542508, 3319542494, 3319542508

(Ebook) Converting to Islam: Understanding the Experiences of White American Females by Amy Melissa Guimond (auth.) ISBN 9783319542492, 9783319542508, 3319542494, 3319542508

This text aims to discover the shared lived experiences of white American female converts to Islam in post- 9/11 America. It explores the increasingly hostile social climate faced by Muslim Americans, as well as the spiritual, social, physical, and mental integration of these women into the Muslim-American population. In the United States, rates of conversion to Islam are rapidly increasing—alongside Islamophobic sentiment and hate crimes against Muslims. For a period of time, there was a lull in this negative sentiment. However, in light of the Paris terror attacks, the increased prominence of ISIS/ISIL, and the influx of refugees from Syria, anti-Muslim rhetoric is once again on the rise. This volume analyzes how a singular collection of female converts have adapted to life in the United States in the shadow of 9/11.