How to Be a Muslim: An American Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807020746)

A searing portrait of Muslim life in the West, this "profound and intimate" memoir captures one man's struggle to forge an American Muslim identity (Washington Post)

Haroon Moghul was thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, becoming an undergraduate leader at New York University's Islamic Center forced into appearances everywhere: on TV, before interfaith audiences, in print. Moghul was becoming a prominent voice for American Muslims even as he struggled with his relationship to Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn't pray regularly. All he wanted was a girlfriend.

But as he discovered, it wasn't so easy to leave religion behind. To be true to himself, he needed to forge a unique American Muslim identity that reflected his beliefs and personality. How to Be a Muslim reveals a young man coping with the crushing pressure of a world that fears Muslims, struggling with his faith and searching for intellectual forebears, and suffering the onset of bipolar disorder. This is the story of the second-generation immigrant, of what it's like to lose yourself between cultures and how to pick up the pieces.

Author: Haroon Moghul
ISBN-10: 0807020745
ISBN-13: 9780807020746
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 04/10/2017
Foreword 05/26/2017
Library Journal 06/15/2017