Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024): The Family in the American Muslim Context

• Editorial

  Zainab Alwani, PhD

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Journal Articles

• Travelers on the Straight Path: Truth Seekers

  Zainab Alwani, PhD

  7-30

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• The Necessity of a Standard Prenuptial Agreement for American Muslims

  Ahsen Malik, MBA

  31-52

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• Reflecting Personal, Family, and Community Ethnographies to Understand How Fasting Ramadan Fuels the Religious Development of Muslim Youth

  Mona M. Abo-Zena, PhD, Abdelrahman Hassan

  53-83

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Reflections

• Finding Center in the Heart (of the Pandemic): Practical Tools from the Islamic Tradition for Building Resilient Families in Times of Disruption and Trauma

  Abdallah Rothman, PhD

  84-96

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• Muslim American Families: A Social Worker’s Reflections

  P. Aneesah Nadir, MSW, PhD

  97-113

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• The Muslim Marriage Crisis: How Re-Establishing Islamic Principles Can Help Muslims Find Love and Marriage

  Tahirah Nailah Dean

  114-118

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• Beyond Homes Around a Mosque: Muslim-Led Community Development in a Major U.S. City

  Hazel Gómez

  119-128

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Book Reviews

• Noha Alshugairi and Munira Lekovic Ezzeldine. Positive Parenting in the Muslim Home. Irvine, California: Izza Publishing, 2017.

  Rana Ikhlas Elbeih

  129-131

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• Jamila Alqarnain. The Muslim Family Guide to Successful Homeschooling. California: Noon Publications, 2011.

  Ayesha Habeeb

  132-133

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• Firoza Osman. How to Talk to Your Muslim Child About Sex. Edmonton, Alberta: Self-published, 2020.

  Rifat Zaman

  134-136

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• Hadia Mubarak. Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands: Controversies in Modern Qur’anic Commentaries. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022.

  Fatima Razvi

  137-141

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• Manijeh Daneshpour. Family Therapy with Muslims. New York, NY: Routledge, 2017.

  Newzaira M. Khan, LCSW

  142-144

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• G. Hussein Rassool. Islamic Counselling: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. Hove, East Sussex: Routledge, 2016.

  Anika Munshi

  145-149

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• Tamara Gray and Najiyah Diana Maxfield. Project Lina: Bringing Our Whole Selves to Islam. Minnesota: Daybreak Press, 2020.

  Aysha Fazil

  150-153

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• Muhammad A. Ali, Omer Bajwa, Sondos Kholaki, and Jaye Starr, eds. Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America. Pennsylvania: Templeton Press, 2022.

  Gulsen Cok

  154-159

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• Sondos Kholaki. Musings of a Muslim Chaplain. Independently published: 2020.

  Nora Zaki

  160-161

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• A Suggested Reading List

  Journal of Islamic Faith and Practice

  162-165

Abstracts and Research Briefings

• Making Muslim Americans: Parenting Practices, Parochial Schools, and the Transmission of Faith Across Generations in Metropolitan Detroit

  Rebecca A. Karam

  166-167

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• An Investigation into the Sense of Community of Muslim-American Parents of Children with Special Needs in a Support Group

  Muneera Ihsan Fontaine

  168

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• Islamic Divorce in Canada: Religious and Legal Ramifications

  Yousef Aly Wahb

  169-171

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Conference Reports

• The Muslim Marriage Rejuvenation Retreat: Putting Iḥsān Back into Muslim Marriages

  Suhail Mulla, Lobna Mulla

  172-176

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Notes from the Field

• Field Notes: The Role of American Mosques in Supporting Muslim Families

  Zeinab Ahmed, Bonita R. McGee

  177-215

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Resources

• An Overview of Resources on the Family in the American Muslim Context

  Zeinab Ahmed

  216-251

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Call for Papers

• Advancing Islamic Chaplaincy in North America

  252-254

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