Essays: Prologue: the vision behind Muslim voices / Hilary Kahn -- Reflecting on Muslim voices / Rosemary Pennington -- Shattering the Muslim monolith / Arsalan Iftikhar -- So near, yet so far: an academic reflection on the endurance of American Islamophobia -- Peter Gottschalk -- Life as a Muslim in the media / Zarqa Nawaz -- The prisons of paradigm / Rafia Zakaria -- Unveiling obsessions: Muslims and the trap of representation / Nabil Echchaibi -- How does the British press represent British muslims? frameworks of reporting in a British context / Elizabeth Poole -- How to write about Muslims / Sobia Ali-Faisal and Krista Riley -- A journalist reflects on covering Muslim communities / Robert King -- Muslims in the media: challenges and rewards of reporting on Muslims / Ammina Kothari -- New media and Muslim voices / Rosemary Pennington -- Muslim voices: Faiz Rahman: understanding will take time -- Sohaib Sultan: what Muslims believe -- Heather Akou: the veil -- Sheida Riahi: Arabic and Persian calligraphy -- Zaineb Istrabadi: the sufi -- Uzma Mirza: the role of women in Islam -- Andre Carson: life as a Muslim politician -- Sarah Thompson: Women in islam, converting -- Daayiee Abdullah: being out and being Muslim -- Aziz Alquraini: mosques: houses of prayer, hearts of communities -- Crash course in islam: The five pillars of Islam -- The six articles of faith -- The profession of faith -- Do Muslims worship Muhammad? -- The will of Allah -- What is jihad? -- What is the meaning of the word "Islam"? -- What is a fatwa? -- The Qurʼan: just a book? -- Ishmael and Islam -- Do Muslims believe in Jesus? -- The crescent moon and Islam -- Muslim prayer: how do Muslims pray? -- Are non-Muslims allowed to go to mosque? -- The Muslim greeting.