Illuminating the Darkness: Blacks and North Africans in Islam
A Cultural, History, Religion book. it explained a lot of misconceptins for me,also being a muslim revert it re-affirmed...
The book is divided into two sections: Part l of the book explores the concept of race, 'blackness', slavery, interracial marriage and racism in Islam in the light of the Qur'an, Hadith and early historical sources. Part ll of the book consists of a compilation of short biographies of noble black and North African Muslim men and women in Islamic history including Prophets, Companions of he Prophet (SAAS) and more recent historical figures.
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- Pages: 192 pages
- ISBN: 9781842001271 / 0
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Most of the time, when discussions about Islam and black history come up, all we hear is "Bilal", "Malcom X", and if we're lucky, Negus of Abyssinia. One would think that there were no other 'black' people who did anything worthwhile in Islamic history.This book is great because it goes beyond nice platitudes and delves into the historical... it explained a lot of misconceptins for me,also being a muslim revert it re-affirmed that ALLAH created to all humans with the same bio-logical likeness. This book focuses on ideas of slavery, ethnicity and racism in Islam together with notable Africans who have made their mark on the religion. Interesting reading.
