Description
Downloadable PDF of Course Pack C for the course AMST 2501 Muslim Religious Liberty in Early America. Thank you for considering making a donation to support the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Inalienable Rights, Freedom of Conscience and Slavery: Muslims in Early America Life and Debates
3. Further Evidence of a Muslim Presence in America
4. Foreign Relations with, and the Influence of, Muslim Powers
5. Defending and Serving American Interests
6. The Basis of our Protection of Religious Freedom in Context
7. Conclusion
Case Studies
1. Morocco: First Nation to Recognize the Newly Independent United States
2. Yarrow Mamout, African Muslim Ex-slave in Independence Hall
3. The Economics of Muslim Slaves in America
4. Prominent Early 1800s Mayor, U.S. Senator, and New York Governor: Muslims are “Friends and Brothers”
5. “Allah” in the Early Twentieth-Century American Imagination
6. American President Honors Hero of Damascus
