Table of Contents
Author's Note ix
Introduction xiii
Part 1 $$$ Jihad (Struggle)
1 What's My Religion? 3
Masjid al-Aqsa (Jerusalem)
2 Islam Interrupted 13
Mesquita Salvador (Salvador, Brazil)
3 Purification 31
Calcutta No. 1 Masjid (Calcutta Settlement, Trinidad and Tobago) 31
4 In Search of a Supreme Leader 57
Temple No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois)
Part 2 $$$ Hijrah (Migration)
5 The Mecca That Ford Built 93
Islamic Center of America (Dearborn, Michigan)
6 A Tale of Two Mosques 119
Al Rashid Mosque (Edmonton, Alberta) and the First Mosque in America (Ross, North Dakota)
7 Good Uncle/Bad Uncle 145
Islamic Society of Greater Houston (Houston, Texas)
Part 3 $$$ Wasat (Moderation)
8 In the Shadow of a Walking Imam 169
The Ismaili Centre (Toronto, Ontario)
9 The Most Villainous of All Screen Villains 191
Iman Cultural Center (Los Angeles, California)
10 Say Their Names 219
Grande Mosquée de Québec (Quebec City, Quebec)
Part 4 $$$ Bida (Innovation)
11 Expelled 247
Comunidad Musulmana Ahmadiyya (San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico)
12 Northern Calling 273
The Midnight Sun Mosque (Inuvik, Northwest Territories)
13 Who Is Muslim? 293
El-Tawhid Juma Circle Unity Mosque (Turtle Island)
Epilogue 315
Acknowledgments 321
Glossary 323
Selected Sources 331
Index 349