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Polygyny : what it means when African American Muslim women share their husbands
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ISBN: 9780813060774 9780813055268 0813055261 9780813059815 081305981X 081306077X 9780813051253 0813051258 Year: 2015 Publisher: Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida,

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In this social history of African American Muslim polygyny, Debra Majeed sheds light on the struggles of families whose form and function conflict with US civil law. Majeed situates African American Muslims in the centre of this dialogue on polygyny, examining the choices available to women in these relationships and the scope of their rights.


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Women of the Nation : Between Black Protest and Sunni Islam
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ISBN: 0814771246 9780814771242 9780814771372 0814771378 9780814769959 0814769950 9780814737866 0814737862 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York, NY : New York University Press,

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Presents oral histories and interviews of women who belong to Nation of IslamWith vocal public figures such as Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam often appears to be a male-centric religious movement, and over 60 years of scholarship have perpetuated that notion. Yet, women have been pivotal in the NOI's development, playing a major role in creating the public image that made it appealing and captivating.Women of the Nation draws on oral histories and interviews with approximately 100 women across several cities to provide an overview of women's historical contributions and their varied experiences of the NOI, including both its continuing community under Farrakhan and its offshoot into Sunni Islam under Imam W.D. Mohammed. The authors examine how women have interpreted and navigated the NOI's gender ideologies and practices, illuminating the experiences of African-American, Latina, and Native American women within the NOI and their changing roles within this patriarchal movement. The book argues that the Nation of Islam experience for women has been characterized by an expression of Islam sensitive to American cultural messages about race and gender, but also by gender and race ideals in the Islamic tradition. It offers the first exhaustive study of women’s experiences in both the NOI and the W.D. Mohammed community.


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American Muslim women : negotiating race, class, and gender within the ummah
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ISBN: 0814749119 0814748287 9780814749111 9780814748282 9780814748091 0814748090 9780814748107 0814748104 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York : New York University Press,

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African American Muslims and South Asian Muslim immigrants are two of the largest ethnic Muslim groups in the U.S. Yet there are few sites in which African Americans and South Asian immigrants come together, and South Asians are often held up as a "model minority" against African Americans. However, the American ummah, or American Muslim community, stands as a unique site for interethnic solidarity in a time of increased tensions between native-born Americans and immigrants. This ethnographic study of African American and South Asian immigrant Muslims in Chicago and Atlanta explores how Islami

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