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An Introduction to South Asian America
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Chapter 6: Faith & Religion

Explore this chapter:
• Beginnings
• Lived Religion

Beginnings
By Khyati Y. Joshi and Bandana Purkayastha
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214 See the image in SAADA's archival collections.
215 "Religious Affiliations of Indian Americans" Inset Read the rest of Drew Desilver's "5 Facts about Indian Americans" for Pew Research.
216 "Mufti Muhammad Sadiq and the Muslim Sunrise" Inset See the image and other historical issues of the Muslim Sunrise at muslimsunrise.org/past-issues.
Lived Religion
By Khyati Y. Joshi and Bandana Purkayastha
Page In the book For further exploration
219 Discover more from Dhanya Addanki's "An Altar to Dalit Honor" and her oral history interview with Rev. Evangeline Anderson-Rajkumar.
220 "Hindu Temple Joins Sanctuary Movement" Inset Read the rest of Sharon Otterman's "Hindu Temple in Queens Joins Sanctuary Movement" for the New York Times.
222 Read the rest of Aviva Stahl's "Masjid al-Rabia Is a Mosque for All Muslims" for Teen Vogue.
223 "Basdeo Mangal's First Days" Inset See the image in SAADA's First Days Project.
224 "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim" Inset Read the rest of "What is a Good Muslim Anyway? A Podcast Disrupts the Narrative" for NPR.
225 "A Muslim, Hindu Marriage" Inset Read the rest of Suman Guha Mozumder's "Multicultural Love in the Time of Polarization" for India Abroad.
226 Discover more about the Kerala Catholic Association of Detroit in SAADA's archival collections.
229 "A Call to Prayer in Hamtramck, Michigan" Inset Read the rest of John Leland's "Tension in a Michigan City Over Muslims' Call to Prayer" for the New York Times.
230 See the image in SAADA's archival collections.