The Call of Bilal: Islam in the African Diaspora (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)

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How do people within the African diaspora practice Islam? Even as the term “Black Muslim” may conjure images of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, millions of African-descended Muslims world wide don’t have any connection to the American-based Nation of Islam. The Call of Bilal is a penetrating account of the wealthy diversity of Islamic religious practice among Africana Muslims world wide. Covering North Africa and the Middle East, India and Pakistan, Europe, and the Americas, Edward E. Curtis IV reveals an enchanting range of religious activities–from the observance of the five pillars of Islam and the creation of transnational Sufi networks to the veneration of African saints and political struggles for racial justice.

Weaving together ethnographic fieldwork and historical perspectives, Curtis shows how Africana Muslims interpret not only their religious identities but additionally their attachments to the African diaspora. For some, the dispersal of African people across time and space has been understood as a mere physical scattering or possibly an economic opportunity. For others, it has been a metaphysical and religious exile of the soul from its sacred land and eternal home.

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