Black pilgrimage to Islam / Robert Dannin ; photographs by Jolie Stahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dannin, Robert, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--United States--History.

Islam.

African American Muslims--History.

African American Muslims.

Muslim converts--United States--History.

Muslim converts.

Black Muslims--History.

Black Muslims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 328 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive ethnographic study of African-American Muslims. Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted over a period of several years, Dannin provides an unprecedented look inside the fascinating and little understood world of black Muslims. He discovers that the well-known and cult-like Nation of Islam represents only a small part of the picture. Many more African-Americans are drawn to Islamic orthodoxy, with its strict adherence to the Qur'an. Dannin takes us to the First Cleveland Mosque, the oldest continuing Muslim institution in America, on to a permanent Muslim village in Buffalo, and then inside New York's maximum-security prisons to hear testimony of the powerful attraction of Islam for individuals in desperate situations. He looks at the aftermath of the assassination of Malcolm X, and the ongoing warfare between the Nation of Islam and orthodox Muslims. Accessibly written, filled with gripping first-hand testimony, and featuring superb illustrations by photographer Jolie Stahl, this book will be the best available guide to the beliefs and culture of African-American Muslims. -- Publisher description

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. TRACKING THE RED FEZ; PART II. CONVERSION SAGAS; Conclusion: African Diaspora and Muslim Umma; Glossary of Arab-Islamic Terminology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-310) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-53214-9

0-19-803362-1

0-19-530302-4

OCLC:

609840189