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Counseling American Muslims Understanding the Faith and Helping the People
Ahmed Nezar Kobeisy
ISBN: 0-313-32472-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32472-7
200 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 4/30/2004
List Price: $76.95 (UK Sterling Price: £53.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Within two months of the terrorists' destruction of the Twin Towers, 1,400 hate crimes against Muslims, ranging from assaults to murder and bomb threats, had been reported across this country. Although it is the fastest growing religion in the world, and some believe it will become the United States' second largest religious group by 2010, the Muslim community is little understood in this country. Author Kobeisy explains the range of true Muslim faith, shows us how unfair discrimination threatens and scars the mental health of American Muslims, and also demonstrates what counselors, teachers, social workers, and other helping professionals can do to understand the faith as well as help these people recover to live strong in the face of prejudice. Includes a quiz and true and false' self-test on knowledge of Muslims and Islam, and sections on how depiction of Muslims in the media colors mass perceptions. Includes vignettes of Muslims in counseling, and a glossary of Muslim and Islam terms.

This work will appeal to counselors, mental health and social workers, family therapists, sociologist, anthropologists, teachers, school counselors, psychologists and school psychologists.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Acknowledgment
    Introduction
    Islam: The Religion and the Cultures
    American Muslims and Their Perception of Psychotherapy
    Counseling and Counselors
    Counseling through the Eyes of Muslims
    Summary and Conclusion
    Glossary
    Bibliography
    References
    Helpful Readings
About the Author: AHMED NEZAR KOBEISY is on the faculty at Le Moyne College, State University of New York at Oswego and Hartford Seminary. He is also a counselor and Imam at the Islamic Society of Central New York. Furthermore, he is the Islamic Chaplain at Syracuse University.
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