Explore the dynamic evolution of American Muslim identity in Justine Howe’s “Suburban Islam.” Following the intensified scrutiny after 9/11, educated, middle-class Muslims forged “third spaces” beyond home and work to challenge marginalization. This insightful book uses the Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb Foundation in Chicago’s suburbs as a lens to understand how faith, community, and everyday life intertwine. Discover how secular suburban activities are transformed into acts of piety, creating an “indigenous” American Islam focused on gender equality, reason, and pluralism. “Suburban Islam” captures the hopeful yet complex vision of American Muslims during the Obama era, reimagining a faith seamlessly integrated with an idealized middle-class America, while also revealing enduring social inequalities.