The Call of Bilal: Islam in the African Diaspora [ebook ed.] 9781469618128, 1469618125

How do people in the African diaspora practice Islam? While the term "Black Muslim" may conjure images of Malc

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Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 The Heirs of Bilal in North Africa and the Middle East: Healing, Spirit Possession, and Islam in the Village
3 African Muslims in Europe: Mandinga, Murids, and British Black Muslims
4 Siddis and Habshis in South Asia: Shrines of the African Saints and Life-Cycle Rituals in the Village
5 Islamic Jihad or Just Revolt? African Muslims in Latin America and the Caribbean
6 African American Muslims in the United States: Making Physical and Metaphysical Homelands
Conclusion: Echoes of Bilal across the African Diaspora
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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