LEADER 03507cam 2200529 i 4500001 on1381679001 003 OCoLC 005 20240911111724.0 006 m o d 007 cr unu|||||||| 008 230609s2023 ncua obm 000 0 eng d 040 ERE |beng |erda |cERE |dOCLCO |dERE 035 (OCoLC)1381679001 043 n-us--- 090 BP52.5 049 EREE 100 1 Ziglar, Hamza, |eauthor. 245 10 Muslim Americans and symbolic boundaries : |ba trend study / |cby Hamza Ziglar. 264 1 [Greenville, N.C.] : |b[East Carolina University], |c2023. 300 1 online resource (61 pages) : |billustrations (chiefly color) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 text file |bPDF |c886.7 KB |2rda 538 System requirements: Adobe Reader. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 502 |bM.A. |cEast Carolina University |d2023. 502 Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Sociology 500 Advisor: Mamadi Corra 500 Title from PDF t.p. (viewed August 22, 2024). 520 3 The Muslim American community is a unique social group that has had some research conducted on it, but not much has been done to assist this group with combatting discrimination and Islamophobia. The Pew Research Center has conducted Muslim American surveys from 2007-2017 in which they have shown a steady increase in the number of Muslims in America. These numbers show that the Muslim American population has increased from 2.35 million in 2007 to 2.75 million in 2011 to 3.45 million in 2017. In this study, I seek to create a linear profile of the members of the Muslim American community by applying the theory of symbolic boundaries as well as identifying and explaining three main themes. First, I examine religious attitudinal values: religious identity vs national identity, importance of religion, views on wearing the hijab, and belief in a meritocracy in the United States. Second, I examine religious adherence values; mosque attendance and daily prayer. Third, I examine core social attitudinal values; interpretation of the teaching of Islam, perception of the role of immigrants in American society, and potential conflicts between Islam and modern society. Furthermore, I seek to identify if Muslim Americans possess a higher religious identity than national identity, whether or not Muslim Americans will abandon the rituals and beliefs of their religion in order to fit into American society, and if national identity will waver depending on the national / political climate during each survey year. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 650 0 Muslims |zUnited States. 650 0 Social sciences |zUnited States. 650 0 Identification (Religion) 650 0 Religion |xSocial aspects |zUnited States. 650 0 Islamophobia |zUnited States. 653 Symbolic Boundaries 700 1 Corra, Mamadi, |edegree supervisor. 710 2 East Carolina University. |bDepartment of Sociology. 856 40 |zAccess via ScholarShip |uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/12857 949 |owjh 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 4 998 6143762