History of the Islamic centre of Southern California 1950-1977 / M. Hashem Sherif.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherif, M. Hashem, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--California--Los Angeles--History.

Islam.

Social history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 192 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Ethics International Press Limited, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

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Foreword

Introduction

1. Muslims in Los Angeles 1920-1952

1.1. Muslims in California

1.2. Muslims in Southern California

1.3. Muslims in the Press

1.4. Eid Celebrations in Los Angeles

2. The Moslem Association of America at Los Angeles (1953-1957)

2.1. Incorporation

2.2. Activities

2.3. Profiles of the Founders

2.4. Additional Names

3. 1957-1967: City Terrace Drive and Sunset Boulevard

3.1. Organizational Structure

3.2. Challenges

3.3. Activities from 1957 to 1961

3.4. 5017 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood (1960-1962)

3.5. Return to City Terrace (1962-1968)

3.6. Pierre Koening's Mosque

3.7. The First Moslem Mosque of Los Angeles

3.8. Hollywood Connections

3.9. Relation with African American Muslims

3.10. Fund Raising Activities

3.11. Connections with the U.S. State Department

3.12. Outreach Activities

3.13. The Mike Wallace Show and other media activities

3.14. Name Change and Repurposing

3.15. Recruitment of Dr.-Muhsin El Biali

3.16. Effects of the 1967 Arab Israeli War

3.17. Fund Raising Trip to Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait

3.18. Summary

4. 1968-1977: From City Terrace to St. Andrew's Place

4.1. The Effects of External Factors on the Muslim Community of Los Angeles

4.2. Membership and Organization

4.3. Ladies/Women's Auxiliary

4.4. The Sunday School and the Youth Group

4.5. Religious Activities

4.6. Social Activities

4.7. Interreligious Activities

4.8. On Campus Activities

4.9. Media Activities

4.10. Fundraising Activities

4.11. Eid Dinners and Yasmin Ali Khan

4.12. Recognition by Al Azhar

4.13. 20th Convention of the Federation of Islamic Associations in the United States and Canada (FIA)

4.14. Relations with African American Muslims

4.15. Response to the Massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics

4.16. Muslim Cemetery in Forest Lawn

4.17. Looking for a New Place

4.18. The Mulholland/Hollywood Hill Project

4.19. 434 Vermont Avenue

4.20. Amendments of the Acts of Incorporation and Name Change

4.21. The El-Naggar Crisis and Its Aftermath

5. Some Contributors to the Center between 1957 and 1977

5.1. Tarek Abdelaal

5.2. Mahmoud Abu Sham

5.3. Samy Adham

5.4. Sulaiman Ahmad

5.5. Abdelmageed Ahmed

5.6. Orhan Akbarut

5.7. Ruthalene (Ruth) Akbarut

5.8. Moustapha Akkad

5.9. Ahsan Akmal

5.10. Badia Akmal

5.11. Farooq Akmal

5.12. Farooq Akmal

5.13. Saeed Akmal

5.14. Abdul-Hamid Akoni

5.15. Talaat Al-Ghossain

5.16. Hassan Al-Khadem

5.17. Mustafa Al-Sayed

5.18. Azmeralda (ZiZi) Alfi

5.19. Omar Alfi

5.20. Michael Alhandy

5.21. Hasan Ali

5.22. Salih Alich

5.23. Betty Alsabery

5.24. Mohammed Alsabery

5.25. Syed Alvi

5.26. Mustafa Amier

5.27. Khairy Aref

5.28. Alice Audeh

Notes:

5.29. Fadel Audeh

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Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Sherif, MostafaHashem History of the Islamic Centre of Southern California 1950-1977

ISBN:

9781804412237

1804412236

Publisher Number:

99996217227

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