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533 534 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 9:4 maintenance of Islamic identity within non-Islamic societies, this study represents a pioneer effort in the field and will contribute to providing a greater understanding of the Muslim community within Canada's multicultural mosaic.
This study investigates whether members of the Muslim community in the Canadian National Capital Region (CNCR) are maintaining their cultures and traditions and practicing Islam as they did in their countries of origin, or whether they are losing their Islamic identity and faith through integration into Canadian society.
Findings and Conclusions The findings of this study clearly indicate that the Islamic identity of the group in question is composed of at least four different ingredients: 12Raymond Breton, "Institutional Completeness of Ethnic Communities and the Personal Relations of Immigrants," The American Journal of Sociology, no.
538 Yousif: Muslims in the Canadian Mosaic 539 a) Islam as a religion, which involves a personal system of faith and belief as well as a pattern of observance; b) psychosocial influences, particularly those experienced by Muslims living in the CNCR's non-Muslim society; c) community organization, or a system of institutional completeness that provides adequate resources to meet the needs of the Muslim population living in the Ottawa area; and d) the political situation, which enables Muslims to maintain their Islamic identity in a traditional, though relative, manner.
Although the social and psychological factors experienced by Muslims living in the CNCR influence their Islamic identity, the Muslim community in the Ottawa area exhibits a very consistent process of adaptation to Canadian society while simultaneously maintaining its Is- 13"The Multiculturalism Policy of Canada," in Multiculturalism: What Is It About?