America's Other Muslims Imam W.D. Mohammed, Islamic Reform, and the Making of American Islam - Black Diasporic Worlds

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.

ISBN:	9781498590211
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Imprint:	Lexington Books
Published date:	15 May 2022
DEWEY:	305.697
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	160
Weight:	270g
Height:	227mm
Width:	153mm
Spine width:	14mm

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