1. Islam in the African American Experience
Part one of the book is called "Root Sources". ... (p.67) Turner utilizes Part one to set the stage for the "new Islam" of the twentieth century discussed in part two. ... The last part of the chapter is spent discussing the stories of some of the first known African Muslims in America such as Yarrow Mahmout and Bilali. ... During the later part of the second chapter, Turner highlights how the changing face of global Islam in the twentieth century influenced Islam in America. ... The second part of the book, called "Prophets of the City", begins in the early part twentieth century just a...
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