How to Be a Muslim

A young Muslim leader s memoir of his struggles to forge an American Muslim identity
Haroon Moghul was first thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, as an undergraduate leader at New York University s Islamic Center. Suddenly, he was making appearances everywhere: on TV, talking to interfaith audi [...]
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A young Muslim leader s memoir of his struggles to forge an American Muslim identity
Haroon Moghul was first thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, as an undergraduate leader at New York University s Islamic Center. Suddenly, he was making appearances everywhere: on TV, talking to interfaith audiences, combating Islamophobia in print. He was becoming a prominent voice for American Muslims. Privately, Moghul had a complicated relationship with Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn t pray regularly. All he wanted was a girlfriend.
But as Haroon discovered, it wasn t so easy to leave religion behind. To be true to himself, he needed to forge a unique American Muslim identity that reflected his own beliefs and personality. How to Be a Muslim is the story of a young man coping with the crushing pressure of a world that shuns and fears Muslims, struggling with his faith and searching for intellectual forebears, and suffering the onset of bipolar disorder. This is the story of the second-generation immigrant, of what it s like to lose yourself between cultures, and how to pick up the pieces."