Ummah Consciousness: Muslim Group Identity and Collective Action in a Racialized Climate in the U.S.

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Brief Overview

This paper examines how ‘ummah consciousness’ - the notion that Muslims are tied together by religious belief to account for one collective community- applies to the political behavior of Muslims in the U.S.

Author

• Nura Sediqe, Duke University