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The Call of Bilal: Islam in the African Diaspora(Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)

The Call of Bilal: Islam in the African Diaspora(Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)


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How do people in the African diaspora practice Islam? While the term "Black Muslim" may conjure images of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, millions of African-descended Muslims around the globe have no connection to the American-based Nation of Islam. The Call of Bilal is a penetrating account of the rich diversity of Islamic religious practice among Africana Muslims worldwide. Covering North Africa and the Middle East, India and Pakistan, Europe, and the Americas, Edward E. Curtis IV reveals a fascinating range of religious activities - from the observance of the five pillars of Islam and the creation of transnational Sufi networks to the veneration of African saints and political struggles for racial justice. Weaving together ethnographic fieldwork and historical perspectives, Curtis shows how Africana Muslims interpret not only their religious identities but also their attachments to the African diaspora. For some, the dispersal of African people across time and space has been understood as a mere physical scattering or perhaps an economic opportunity. For others, it has been a metaphysical and spiritual exile of the soul from its sacred land and eternal home.

About the Author :
Edward E. Curtis IV is Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of Religious Studies at the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis. He is the author of Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975, among other books.

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"[This] nuanced analysis of the complex history and diversity of diasporic African Muslims' religious practices offers a much-needed corrective to monolithic narratives about Islam and Muslims." -- Religious Studies Review "A major contribution to the literature on Islamic and diaspora studies." -- CHOICE "A vital intervention in the field, The Call of Bilal creatively and successfully engages Islamic studies as well as African diaspora studies. Features exactly the right balance between ethnographic material and analysis in a much needed conversation on the intersections of race and Islam, a crossroads of fields, arguments, and debates that has until now been insufficiently explored in its global dimensions." -- Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "A vivid portrait of the diverse Islamic practices of African-descended Muslims dispersed around the world." -- Contemporary Islam "Curtis IV's simple and wonderfully written text tellingly described and captured the stories of selected African diaspora communities." -- Islamic Studies


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781469618111
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Publisher Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Series Title: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
  • Sub Title: Islam in the African Diaspora
  • Width: 157 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1469618117
  • Publisher Date: 30 Oct 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 435 gr


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