America's Other Muslims
Imam W.D. Mohammed, Islamic Reform, and the Making of American Islam- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2020
Summary
America's Other Muslims: Imam W.D. Mohammed, Islamic Reform, and the Making of American Islam explores the oldest and perhaps the most important Muslim community in America, whose story has received little attention in the contemporary context. Muhammad Fraser-Rahim explores American Muslim Revivalist, Imam W.D. Mohammed (1933–2008) and his contribution to the intellectual, spiritual, and philosophical thought of American Muslims as well as the contribution of Islamic thought by indigenous American Muslims. The book details the intersection of the Africana experience and its encounter with race, religion, and Islamic reform. Fraser-Rahim spotlights the emergence of an American school of Islamic thought, which wascreated and established by the son of the former Nation of Islam leader. Imam 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. Likewise his interpretations of Islam were not only American – they were also modern and responded to global trends in Islamic thought. His interpretations of Blackness were not only American, but also diasporic and pan-African.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2020
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4985-9019-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4985-9020-4
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 136
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Preface No access
- Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
- 1 African American Islam in Context No access Pages 7 - 16
- 2 Taffakur (“To Think, Ponder, Reflect”) No access Pages 17 - 38
- 3 Africanizing Dixie No access Pages 39 - 68
- 4 Imam W.D. Mohammed, the Patron Saint of American Islam No access Pages 69 - 90
- 5 Walking with Brother Imam No access Pages 91 - 102
- Conclusion No access Pages 103 - 106
- Glossary of Terms No access Pages 107 - 110
- Bibliography No access Pages 111 - 126
- Index No access Pages 127 - 134
- About the Author No access Pages 135 - 136





