Centering Black Narrative
Author | : Ahmad Mubarak |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018-07-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 0998278106 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780998278100 |
Rating | : 4/5 (100 Downloads) |
Download or read book Centering Black Narrative written by Ahmad Mubarak and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Blackness" is a term which has been understood differently across locations and eras. As a sequel to Centering Black Narrative: Black Muslim Nobles Among the Early Pious Muslims, the coauthors of this book continue to posit "Blackness" as a historical reality within the family and descendants of Prophet Muhammad. The coauthors discuss the spiritual rank of this special family and its descendants within normative Islam while also building upon their previous work in hopes of moving Muslims in the West beyond Eurocentric racial classifications when reading and understanding Islamic history and personalities who have been described within.