America's Other Muslims

Fraser-Rahim spotlights the emergence of an American school of Islamic thought, which was created and established by the son of the former Nation of Islam leader. W. D. Mohammed rejected his father’s teachings and embraced normative Islam on his own terms while balancing classical Islam and his lived experience of Islam in the diaspora.

By Muhammad Fraser-Rahim

Chapter 1: African American Islam in Context Chapter 2: Taffakur ("To Think, Ponder, Reflect"): Islam in West Africa and Islamic Revivalism Chapter 3: Africanizing Dixie: The Enslaved African Muslim Experience and the Black American Islamic Continuum Chapter 4: Imam W.D. Mohammed, the Patron Saint of American Islam: Personality, Intellectual Teachings, and Reformation Chapter 5: Walking with Brother Imam: The Community of WD Mohammed as a Counterweight to Extremism