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America's other Muslims Imam W.D. Mohammed, Islamic reform, and the making of American Islam Muhammad Fraser-Rahim.

By: Fraser-Rahim, MuhammadMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Black diasporic worldsPublisher: Lanham, Maryland Lexington Books, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (148 pages)ISBN: 1498590209; 9781498590204Subject(s): Muhammad, Warith Deen, 1933-2008 | Muhammad, Warith Deen, 1933-2008 | United States | Islam -- Study and teaching -- United States | Muslims -- United States | African Americans -- Religion | Islam -- Study and teaching | Muslims | African Americans -- ReligionGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. | Electronic books. DDC classification: 305.6970973 LOC classification: E184.M88 | F73 2020ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. African American Islam in context -- 2. Taffakur ("to think, ponder, reflect"): Islam in West Africa and Islamic revivalism -- 3. Africanizing Dixie: the enslaved African Muslim experience and the Black American Islamic continuum -- 4. Imam W.D. Mohammed, the patron saint of American Islam: personality, intellectual teachings, and reformation -- 5. Walking with Brother Imam: the community of W.D. Mohammed as a counterweight to extremism -- Conclusion -- Glossary of terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Summary: Fraser-Rahim spotlights the emergence of an American school of Islamic thought, which was created and established by the son of the former Nation of Islam leader. W.D. Mohammed rejected his father's teachings and embraced normative Islam on his own terms while balancing classical Islam and his lived experience of Islam in the diaspora.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-125) and index.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. African American Islam in context -- 2. Taffakur ("to think, ponder, reflect"): Islam in West Africa and Islamic revivalism -- 3. Africanizing Dixie: the enslaved African Muslim experience and the Black American Islamic continuum -- 4. Imam W.D. Mohammed, the patron saint of American Islam: personality, intellectual teachings, and reformation -- 5. Walking with Brother Imam: the community of W.D. Mohammed as a counterweight to extremism -- Conclusion -- Glossary of terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

Fraser-Rahim spotlights the emergence of an American school of Islamic thought, which was created and established by the son of the former Nation of Islam leader. W.D. Mohammed rejected his father's teachings and embraced normative Islam on his own terms while balancing classical Islam and his lived experience of Islam in the diaspora.

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