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Review Note 

Muslims in the Canadian Mosaic 

By Zohra Husaini. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Muslim Research 
Foundation, 1990, 132 pp. 

This book is a focused study on the Muslims in Canada with special tef- 
erence to Muslims in the pmvince of Alberta. The study is both quantitative 
(it consists of the qudonnaire responses of 115 participants in Alberta) and 
qualitative (it develops discussions relevant to Canadian Muslims in general). 

One of the aims of the study is to highlight the extreme diversity of Mus- 
lims in Canada while showing that all of them have something very basic in 
common: their Islamic ideals. This diversity is adequately illustrated by detail- 
ing their multiple ethnicities and home countries, their different occupations, 
and their internal variations in identifying with Islam. The study further em- 

society, contributing to it while preserving certain special traits. The discus- 
sion of how Muslims in Alberta maintain extensive links With Muslim lands 
as regads trade and socioreligious and humanitarian concerns is especially im- 
p d v e .  

This study is more descriptive than analytical. It does not answer the ques- 
tion of how integration is possible without losing the essence of Islam. In the 
brief conceptual framework, the dynamics between religion and ethnicity is not 
as clear, i.e., which subsuma the other? In general, the study is very helpful 
to those who do not know much about Muslims in Canada. It also raises points 
that can help Muslims better present themselves collectively. 

phasizes this diversity is being positively integrated into mainstream Canadian 

Mazen Hashem 
Islamic Center of Southern California 

Los Angeles, California