Acts of Faith

by Eboo Patel

  Beacon Press

  25 Beacon Street

  Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892

  www.beacon.org

  Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.

  © 2007 by Eboo Patel

  Afterword © 2010 by Eboo Patel

  All rights reserved

  Composition by Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Patel, Eboo.

  Acts of faith : the story of an American Muslim, the struggle for the soul of a generation / Eboo Patel.

  p. cm.

  eISBN: 978-0-8070-0631-3

  1. Patel, Eboo. 2. Muslims—United States—Biography. 3. East Indian

  Americans—Biography. 4. Muslims—United States—Ethnic identity.

  5. United States—Ethnic relations. 6. Pluralism (Social sciences)—United

  States. 7. Interfaith Youth Core. 8. United States—Religious life and customs.

  9. Youth—United States—Religious life. 10. Religions—Relations. I. Title.

  E184.M88P38 2007

  305.6′97089914073—dc22

  [B] 2007009064

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