Diaspora by Design: Muslim Immigrants in Canada and Beyond

A comparative, multi-ethnic study, based on over two thousand interviews, examines Muslim populations that have settled in Canada, Britain, Iran, and Palestine. Utilizing hard socio-economic data as well as qualitative analysis, the authors show the remarkable diversity and divisions between Muslim immigrant populations along urban-rural, cultural, class, and gender lines. They argue that integration is a two-way exchange that requires a readiness on the part of the host society to remove barriers that prevent the full social and economic participation of immigrant populations. Extensively researched and thoughtfully provocative, is a much-needed work that provides an accurate and dynamic depiction of the lives of Muslim immigrants away from their homelands.