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Islam and the Search for African American Nationhood: Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, and the Nation of Islam

Book by Dennis Walker; Clarity, 2005

Subjects:

African American Muslims--History, African Americans--Religion--History, Elijah Muhammad--1897-, Farrakhan, Louis, Nation Of Islam (Chicago, Ill.), United States--Race Relations--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Islam's five daily prayers. Islam's first prayer (fajr: dawn...of the essential tenets of Islam they came to view aged Muslim...Christians, followers oftraditional African religions, and Muslims, each...nineteenth century were hostile to Islam, yet individual enslaved Muslim Africans practised their religion in...
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Engaged Surrender: African American Women and Islam

Book by Carolyn Moxley Rouse; University of California Press, 2004

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African American Women--Religion, Muslim Women--Social Conditions, Muslim Women--United States--Social Conditions, Women In Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...communities, Aminah Beverly McCloud in African-American Islam describes these competing principles...including Ahmadiyyah Movement in Islam, Universal Islamic Society, and...Brotherhood, and the Nation of Islam. The importance of this distinction...
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Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975

Book by Edward E. Curtis Iv; University of North Carolina Press, 2006

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African American Muslims--History--20th Century, Black Muslims--History--20th Century, Black Nationalism--United States--History--20th Century, Nation Of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...complements the corpus of scholarship on African American Islam, which includes Lincoln, Black...Nationalism; Sherman A. Jackson, Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking...Aminah McCloud, African American Islam (New York: Routledge, 1995...
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The Influence of Islam on a Sudanese Religion

Book by Joseph Greenberg; J. J. Augustin Publisher, 1947

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Hausa (African People)--Religion, Islam--Influence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Ngoma ya Sheitani , an East African Native Treatment for psychical...Paris. LAMMENS, H. 1929 Islam: Beliefs and Institutions...the Anthropology of Changing African Cultures," in Methods of...International Institute of African Languages and Cultures , Oxford...
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Pride, Faith, and Fear: Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

Book by Charlotte A. Quinn, Frederick Quinn; Oxford University Press, 2003

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Africa, Sub-Saharan--Religion, Islam And State--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Islam--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--20th Century, Religion And State--Africa, Sub-Saharan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Press, 1991. Gellar, Sheldon. Senegal, an African Nation Between Islam and the West . Boulder, Col.: Westview Press...Saharan Africa and the Wider World of Islam. In African Islam and Islam in Africa: Encounters Between Sufis and Islamists...

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Journal Articles on: african islam

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Between Immigrant Islam and Black Liberation: Young Muslims Inherit Global Muslim and African American Legacies

Journal article by Jamillah Karim; The Muslim World, Vol. 95, 2005

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African Americans, Aliens, Cultural identity, Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...whites than to African Americans. In...Ahmadis projected Islam as a "spiritual...much of immigrant Islam is cultural, young African American Muslims...Muslim issues compel African American Muslims...communities, immigrant Islam will persist in...
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The Impact of Al-Islam on the African American Population

Journal article by Hakeem Lumumba; Counseling and Values, Vol. 47, 2003

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African Americans--Religious aspects, Counseling--Research, Farrakhan, Louis, Islam, Islam and politics--Social aspects, Islam--Social aspects, Nation of Islam--Management

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...was implemented by educating African Americans on elements of history...Afrocentricity seeks to increase African Americans self-esteem and...believed that Africa was for the Africans; therefore, African Americans should seek to return...When comparing the Nation of Islam with the Orthodox Al-Islam...
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Islam in the African American Community: Negotiating between Black Nationalism and Historical Islam

Journal article by Abdin Chande; Islamic Studies, Vol. 47, 2008

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African Americans, Black nationalism, Community, Human rights, Islam, Muslim Americans, Muslims, Religion, Self esteem, Violent crime

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Islam in the African American Community: Negotiating...Salafis attracted new converts to Islam (both African American and white), including...between Black Experience and Historical Islam Will African American Muslim leaders continue...
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Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering

Journal article by Latif A. Tarik; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 96, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...traditions and black theology in Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering...sequel to Jacksons earlier book, Islam and the Blackamerican (2005...essential elements of Sunni Islam to determine its applicability to the African American experience and the...
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Islam among Urban Blacks: Muslims in Newark, New Jersey, A Social History

Journal article by Jamie J. Wilson; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 95, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Islam among Urban Blacks: Muslims in Newark, New Jersey, A Social History (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...and the Nation of Islam (NOI), three black...institutions, introduced Islam to African Americans in Newark...Noble Drew Ali, traced African Americans origins to...the "five pillars of Islam": belief in the Oneness...

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Magazine Articles on: african islam

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African American Faith in Islam

Magazine article by Gail Kennard; The New Crisis, Vol. 110, March 2003

Subjects:

Curtis, Edward, Dannin, Robert, Islam, Nonfiction, Pilgrimages

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

African American Faith in Islam by Gail Kennard Islam...pursue the history of African Americans who converted to orthodox Islam. While Curtis re...and other nascent African American communities predate the Nation of Islam. They were founded...
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Political Islam in West Africa and the Sahel

Magazine article by Ricardo Laremont, Hrach Gregorian; Military Review, Vol. 86, January 2006

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Africa, African history, Islam, National security, Politics, Sahel, Terrorism

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...given to practitioners of Islam mixed with traditional African religions and to those who...the rest of Senegambia, Islam spread but in a syncretic form (mixed with traditional African religions). Islam spread to the Wolof, Tukolor...
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Black America's Path to Islam

Magazine article by Ahmad Daniels; Islamic Horizons, Vol. 39, November 2010

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African Americans, Books, Islamic life & ethics, Muhammad, Elijah (Elijah Poole) (1897-1975), Muslim Americans, Nation of Islam--Black Muslims, United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...shifted to the Nation of Islam (NoI) and Elijah Muhammads...prominent figures of African-American Islam as heretics, cultists...Many present-day African-American practitioners of traditional Sunni Islam are over fifty and very...
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From Elijah Poole to Elijah Muhammad, Chief Minister of Islam

Magazine article by Richard Brent Turner; American Visions, Vol. 12, October 1997

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African Americans--Religion, Black Muslims--United States, Fard, W.D.--Influence, Garvey, Marcus--Influence, Islam in the African-American Experience (Book)--Excerpts, Muhammad, Elijah--Biography, Nation of Islam--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...sword or massive immigration, Islam in America has grown from a peripheral phenomenon among Africans abducted into slavery to the...book, Richard Brent Turners Islam in the African-American Experience (Indiana...Highlighting the nexus of Islam and black nationalism-Pan...
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The Nation of Islam Gains Wider Acceptance

Magazine article by Uzra Zeya; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. III, January 31, 1990

Subjects:

African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Islam, Minority & ethnic groups, Muslims, Politics, Race relations, Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...organization from the Nation of Islam to the World Community of Islam, and, finally, the American...fully supported. As a result, African-American Muslims today play...has resurrected the Nation of Islam and the militant ideology espoused...

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Newspaper Articles on: african islam

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Coach Aiming for African Goal; HER Passion for Netball Has Inspired Students across Northumbria University, and Now Anita Navin Is off to Africa to Empower Women with the Sport. BURHANA ISLAM Finds out More

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 30, 2011

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Islam--England, Netball, Northumbria University, Universities and colleges--England

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Coach Aiming for African Goal; HER Passion for Netball...Women with the Sport. BURHANA ISLAM Finds out More. IT was Tynesides...says. "We want to make the Africans self-sufficient so they...change lives but not abolish African customs altogether. "Im...I want to know what the Africans see as quality coaching without...
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Libraries Revisit Islam; Group Distributes Books to Provide 'Balanced' View

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 20, 2003

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Islam, Yusuf

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam" by Carol L. Anway, and the 62-page "Gender Equity in Islam" by Jamal Badawi. Several...Shaheen; "Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas...childrens book, "Eyewitness: Islam" by Philip Wilkinson, is provided...
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ISLAM SHOWS DRIVER HOW IT'S DONE; Hoops Kid Shows Way

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 14, 2009

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Islam--United Kingdom

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ISLAM SHOWS DRIVER HOW ITS DONE...Byline: Neil Cameron CELTIC kid Islam Feruz last night beat Andrew...call-up at an early age. The African-born goalscorer, speaking...Mathie said: "Ive known about Islam since his first involvement...
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Slandering Islam

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 16, 2007

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Islam, Libel and slander, Organization of the Islamic Conference

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Slandering Islam. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES The column...message full of hate against Muslims and Islam. He called Shariah a fascist legal code...Organization of American States (OAS) or the African Union (AU) or the Arab League (LAS...
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Nation of Islam Has Matured with the Nation

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 28, 2009

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African American religious groups, African Americans--Religious aspects, Farrakhan, Louis, Hijab (Custom)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Jamal Mahmoud, founder of Bee Islam, which sells the Fulaa doll...had a toy that was related to Islam." About 140 vendors are in...and that doll to the 10,000 African-American Muslims attending...was recruited to the Nation of Islam in 1960 by Malcolm X. In a...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african islam

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Islam in Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ISLAM IN AFRICA the development of the Muslim religion on the African continent. During Muhammads...them protection. The spread of Islam in Africa began in the 7th and...Africa. Along the coast of Africa Islam spread among the Berbers , who...
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Muhammad , Prophet of Islam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...least theoretically the law of Islam, and in its evolution over...city over the men of Mecca gave Islam great prestige in SW Arabia...632. Legends and Veneration Islam has enshrouded Muhammads life...with variations including the W African Mamadu and the Turkic Mehmet...
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Saudi Arabia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of Saudi Arabia is about 90% Arab, with Asian and African minorities. The vast majority belong to the Wahhabi branch of Sunni Islam, although there is a small percentage of Shiites . Islam is the only officially recognized religion; other...
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Slavery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...victims of their raids. Islam, like Christianity, accepted...Portuguese all engaged in the African slave trade. Although Africans were, as early as 1440...introduction of the first Africans the Paulistas (inhabitants...Brazilian hinterlands. But African slavery gradually became dominant. The first Africans arrived in the British settlements...
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Ellison, Keith Maurice

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ELLISON, KEITH MAURICE 1963 , African-American politician, the first Muslim to win a seat in the U.S. Congress; b. Detroit. A convert to Islam from Roman Catholicism while at Wayne State Univ. (B.A. 1986), he attended law school...

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