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The involvement of African Americans with Islam reaches back to the earliest days of the African presence in North America. This book explores these roots in th
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-04-14 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Dismissing the idea that an 'African connection' explains the spread of Islam amongst African Americans, Sherman Jackson explores the complex factors that have
Islam in Black America
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Authors: Edward E. Curtis IV
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Many of the most prominent figures in African-American Islam have been dismissed as Muslim heretics and cultists. Focusing on the works of five of these notable
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The problem confronting theology in the black community is not simply proving that God exists but, rather, that God cares. For the Muslim, it is essential that
African American Islam
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Islam is a vital, growing religion in America. Little is known, however, about the religion except through the biased lens of media reports which brand African