Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. General Introduction: Producing Islam(s) and Muslims in Canada 1
6. Section 1: Examining Knowledge Production on Islam
7. Epistemologies of the “Muslim Question” in Europe: On the Politics of Knowledge Production in a Minefield 27
8. Research Funding and the Production of Knowledge about Islam: The Case of SSHRC 50
9. Creating Ecologies of Knowledge as a MENA Scholar in North America: An Interview with Dr. Lara Deeb 64
10. The Study of Islam(s) and Western Academia: An Interview with Anver Emon 76
11. Section 2: Charting the Study of Islam(s) and Muslims in Canada
12. Who Are “Muslims in Canada”? An Analysis of the Qualitative Literature from 1997 to 2017 91
13. Studying Muslim Minorities in Canada: Pitfalls Facing Researchers Attempting to Turn a Racialized Category into a Category of Analysis 120
14. Time for a “Hijab Ban”? The Hypervisibility of Veiling in Scholarship on Islam in North America 137
15. Expressions of Sufism in Canada 155
16. Unpacking Media Coverage, Islam, and Ismaili Muslims in Canada: An Interview with Karim H. Karim 175
17. The Relational Approach to Integration in Canada: An Interview with Abdie Kazemipur 193
18. Section 3: Positioning Selves
19. Researching One’s Own Community: Reflections from Montreal, Canada 207
20. Cooking Up Research: Positionality and the Knowledge Production of Islam(s) 223
21. Fieldworking While Veiled: Autoethnography of a Brown + Muslim + Female Researcher in Quebec 241
22. The Interplay of Identity in Ethnographic Conversations: The Grammar of Recognition in Conversion Narratives 261
23. On Critical Muslim Studies and Islamophobia: An Interview with Jasmin Zine 287
24. Section 4: Future Trends
25. Mixed-Methods and Comparative Approaches to Studying Muslim Immigrant Women in Canada 299
26. Influencing the Public Imaginary: The Case of a Montreal Islamic School 324
27. 2(b) or Not 2(b): The Expressive Value of the Niqab 341
28. Gendering Everyday Islam, Border-Crossings, and the Production of “Alternative Knowledge” 359
29. Dancing between Academia and Activism: An Interview with Katherine Bullock 379
30. Contributors 393
31. Index 399