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Dannin Robert <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Black pilgrimage to Islam [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Dannin ; photographs by Jolie Stahl |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-53214-9 |
0-19-803362-1 |
0-19-530302-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (341 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islam - United States - History |
African American Muslims - History |
Muslim converts - United States - History |
Black Muslims - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-310) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. TRACKING THE RED FEZ; PART II. CONVERSION SAGAS; Conclusion: African Diaspora and Muslim Umma; Glossary of Arab-Islamic Terminology; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book offers a comprehensive ethnographic study of African-American Muslims. Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted over a period of several years, Dannin provides an unprecedented look inside the fascinating and little understood world of black Muslims. He discovers that the well-known and cult-like Nation of Islam represents only a small part of the picture. Many more African-Americans are drawn to Islamic orthodoxy, with its strict adherence to the Qur'an. Dannin takes us to the First Cleveland Mosque, the oldest continuing Muslim institution in America, on to a permament Muslim vi |
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