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The book “Muslims on the Block: Five Centuries of Islam in America” is a book written by Abdelhamid LOTFI, published by AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY PRESS in Ifrane during this current year. ... It argues the history of Islamic presence through the lives of some exceptional Muslims. ... It first talks about the practicing of Islam and the creation of the Muslim community and organizations, the second chapter talks about teaching Muslims children’s Islam, the third part talks about the communicating of Islam through the different mediums, the fourth one talks about the propagation of Islam and the last part talks about the leading community. Part three, “ A Multidimensional Community”, talks about the geographical dispersion of Muslims in America, and discusses the future of this community and the impact of the recent events. ... In 1578, the monarch declared that Muslim should not be allowed to stay at his New World, which ends up by a total ban of Muslims in America. Regardless of these actions, Muslims of various origins were found in a number of Spanish possessions. Despite the presence of Mustafa Zemmouri (A Moroccan captive, he was the first Muslim on record to travel across North America) and other unacknowledged Muslims in the New World, their presence, during this period, remained an oddity. The end of the slave trade, change severely the number of Muslims in America, since it cuts the main source of Muslim populations. ... Muslims did not arrive in the New World by choice or by accident. ... These slaves came as Muslims, lived as Muslims and used Islam as a tool for organizing them selves in the plantations. ... The author sited some of these exceptional Muslims. ... As Islam was dying among the descendents of the original African Muslims, the conversion of Edward Blyden and Muhammad A. ... His two-decade contact with Muslims led him to convert to Islam in 1871. ... A wave of Muslims immigration began immediately after the end of the civil war. A significant number of Arab, European and Turkish Muslims immigrated to the US. ... Some Sunni Muslims, following the Muhammad A. ... Some of the African American Sunni Muslims leads the development of Islamic institutions, which paved the way for the emergence of large Islamic organizations such as Darul-Islam, the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, and the Islamic Party in North America. ... A number of Black Muslims defect to orthodox Muslim organization during the decade following the assassination of Malcolm X. ... These mosques are Muslims properties so they tent to identify them using some appropriate designs and names. ... They are also established by Muslims, or for them, on property owned by business or government, Prison mosques represent the most interesting category of this type of mosques. ... Muslims Parents established a number of full-time Islamic grade schools, higher education institutions and educational foundations to respond to their children’s need. ... American Muslims communicate using different medium. ... Despite its diversity and recent development, the Islamic press in America still suffers from the lack of stable human and financial resources and the thin distribution of Muslims across the country. Unlike other religious groups in America, Muslims in this country have seldom used radio and television to disseminate their views. ... American Muslims are increasingly turning to the Internet, where sites are relatively cheap to launch and operate, and where information is easily accessible to an ever growing public. ... Another communication medium are Conventions and seminars organized by American Muslims. They bring together people with a common interest in the development of knowledge by Muslims about themselves; they constitute an arena where Muslim community issues are debated, and where new research is communicated in pre-publication contexts. |
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