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Informationen zum Autor Herbert Berg trained at the University of Toronto's Centre for the Study of Religion. He is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and is the Director of the International Studies program. Klappentext Almost four decades after his death Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) remains by far the most influential African American Muslim. Leader of the Nation of Islam movement for over thirty years and a mentor to Malcolm X, Muhammad was responsible for introducing hundreds of thousands of African Americans to Islam. In this fascinating biography Herbert Berg assesses the impact of Muhammad's unique and intriguing perspective on Islam, and seeks to understand why he formulated it. Careful to consider Muhammad's career within the context of the significant racial tensions of his time, this volume investigates a figure whose formulation of Islam, however divisive, forced Muslims and scholars alike to evaluate their often normative definitions of this religious tradition. Zusammenfassung A new biography of the life and faith of Elijah Muhammad – the man who almost single-handedly established a foothold for Islam in the United States Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Main Persons and Technical Terms Chronology INTRODUCTION 1 ISLAM AND AFRICAN AMERICANS African American Muslim slaves and African American religion Ahmadis and the Moorish Science Temple Wali Fard Muhammad Wallace D. Ford Detroit's Allah 2 ELIJAH POOLE Racism in the South Racism in the North The Nation of Islam 3 THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH A decade of persecution, preaching and prison Two decades of success A decade of decline 4 BLACK ISLAM The rise and fall of the white race The five principles of Islam Allah and Allahs Black angels and white devils Black prophets Glorious, poisonous, and future books The Last Day and the Fall of America The five pillars of Islam Shahada Salat Sawm Zakat Hajj Dietary regulations 5 WHAT MUSLIMS BELIEVE AND WHAT MUSLIMS WANT Do for self: economic self-sufficiency A land of our own: separation, not integration Protect your women! Be yourself! Black pride 6 THE TEXTUAL SOURCES OF ISLAM The Sira The Sunna The Qur'an 7 OTHER MUSLIMS Hypocrites American Muslim opposition "Copper-colored" brothers White Muslims Islamic trajectories Warith Deen Mohammed Louis Farrakhan CONCLUSION: THE LEGACIES Further Reading Bibliography Index ...
