The latest scholarship on identity suggests that identity is always enacted, accomplished, and managed in our daily interactions. Identity is not given to an individual; it is something a person must actively develop. Building upon the latest scholarship on identity and religious identity, this study focuses on the issue of the presentation of self in the day-to-day life of Muslim immigrants in the United States.

This study has attempted to shed light on the presentation of the marked and unmarked identities among Muslim immigrants in a small Midwestern city in the United States. Following Brekhus’ framework, the author proposes a typology of identity presentation among Muslim immigrants in this small Midwestern city that consists of Muslim lifestylers, Muslim commuters that move from Muslim setting to race/ethnic setting, Muslim commuters that move from Muslim setting to occupational setting, Muslim commuters that move from Muslim setting to class/status setting, and Muslim integrators. This study also underlines the notion that “place,” both regarding the geographical-physical and non-geographical/non-physical meanings, plays a significant role in the construction and presentation of identity among Muslim immigrants in everyday life situations.