The English Language and Islam: Genealogy of an Encounter
The English Language and Islam: Genealogy of an Encounter
This chapter discusses the cultural implications of the encounter between the English language and Islam. Examining both its historical and contemporary moments, the chapter explores the impact of English on the understanding of Islam and the transformative appropriation of English by American Muslims. In other words, it investigates the ways in which Muslims perceived the English language in the past and how they now make it a Muslim language in the English-speaking American society where they are a minority.
Keywords: English language, Islam, American Muslims, Muslim language
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