Islam in Black America: Identity, Liberation, and Difference in African-American Islamic ThoughtState University of New York Press, 2012 M02 1 - 186 pages 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 figures—Edward W. Blyden, Noble Drew Ali, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Wallace D. Muhammad—author Edward E. Curtis IV examines the origin and development of modern African-American Islamic thought. Curtis notes that intellectual tensions in African-American Islam parallel those of Islam throughout its history—most notably, whether Islam is a religion for a particular group of people or whether it is a religion for all people. In the African-American context, such tensions reflect the struggle for black liberation and the continuing reconstruction of black identity. Ultimately, Curtis argues, the interplay of particular and universal interpretations of the faith can allow African-American Islam a vision that embraces both a specific group of people and all people. |
Contents
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2 Edward Wilmot Blyden 18321912 and the Paradox of Islam | 21 |
3 Noble Drew Ali 18861929 and the Establishment of Black Particularistic Islam | 45 |
4 Elijah Muhammad 18971975 and the Absolutism of Black Particularistic Islam | 63 |
5 Islamic Universalism Black Particularism and the Dual Identity of Malcolm X 19251965 | 85 |
6 Wallace D Muhammad b 1933 Sunni Islamic Reform and the Continuing Problem of Particularism | 107 |
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