Muslim communities have become increasingly salient in the social, cultural, and political landscape in Canada largely due to the aftermath of 9/11 and the racial politics of the ongoing “war on terror" that have cast Muslims as the new “enemy within." Islam in the Hinterlands features some of Canada’s top Muslim Studies scholars who chart the politically charged struggle for equality by our country’s fastest-growing religious group. Through the lenses of race, religion, and gender, they examine how gender, public policy, media, and education shape the Muslim experience in Canada. This book takes a distinctly anti-racist, feminist standpoint in exploring the reality of the Muslim diaspora while touching on much-debated issues, such as the shar’ia controversy, veiling in public schools, media portrayals of Muslims, and anti-terrorism legislation. Featuring empirical studies as well as critical essays, the writing in this book is enhanced by the contributors’ lived experiences as Muslim Canadians. An undeniably timely volume, it will be essential reading for academics as well as general interested in Islamic studies, multiculturalism, and social justice. | Islam in the Hinterlands by Jasmin Zine, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters