I ' ve only started reading but there are some pros and cons to this document . Here are the stated reasons for this To offer predominantly white students new information about Muslims and Islam sociology . To broaden the study of Islam by placing it in the context of debates about race , multiculturalism and the state and applying concepts such as diaspora , identity and hybridity sociologyreligious studies . To use ethnographic and cultural materials to develop an understanding of Muslim societies anthropologyreligious studies . To offer analysis of an aspect of Islam which is hardly understood outside Islamic societies anthropology . To enlarge the coverage of the existing anthropology course . To teach on a particular research interest anthropology . To explain the complexity of one Islamic society politics . To explain what is similar , and what is different , in Muslim and secular cultures sociology and anthropology . To develop a ' community of enquiry ' on contentious topics such as terrorism and the veil philosophy . To encourage interfaith understanding philosophyreligious studies . Soon after it talks about forced marriage and how it is NOT about Islam challenging misconceptions about Islam being a central force behind forced marriageI ' m going to read it later but I felt this might be of interest to some minds here . It is 52 pages long for anybody who is willing to read the whole thing .