Charitable Practices of Muslim Americans in the Greater Kansas City Area

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" Charitable Practices of Muslim Americans in the Greater Kansas City Area "

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	802664
Doc. No	:	TL47833
Call number	:	‭1560293689;‮ ‬1559503‬
Main Entry	:	Hall, Joe
Title & Author	:	Charitable Practices of Muslim Americans in the Greater Kansas City Area
	:	\ Joe Hall
	:	Hannoum, Majid
College	:	University of Kansas
Date	:	2014
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2014
field of study	:	Global and International Studies, Center for
Page No	:	115
Note	:	Committee members: Boussofara, Naima; Gerschultz, Jessica
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-00130-3
Abstract	:	The purpose of this research is to explore the state of post-9/11 Muslim American philanthropy within The Greater Kansas City Area. Since 2001, the U.S. government has expanded its counterterrorism policies to target sources of terrorist funding and in particular the charitable sector. Many Muslim Americans practice the Islamic traditions of <i>zakât</i> (obligatory alms) and <i>sadaqah</i> (discretionary charity) as a means of honoring faith, strengthening the community and preserving religious identity. There is a perception, however, that these practices are in direct conflict with U.S. counterterrorism policy. The outcome of the decade long War on Terrorism is telling; to date, The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has shut down seven US-based Islamic charities and frozen over
Subject	:	Islamic Studies; Ethnic studies
Descriptor	:	Social sciences;Counterterrorism;Kansas City;Muslim-Americans;Post-9/11
Added Entry	:	Hannoum, Majid
Added Entry	:	University of Kansas
	:	Global and International Studies, Center for