Malcom X Born Malcolm Little in 1925 1943 moved to harlem NY Commits acts of burglary and vandalism and in 1946 arrested 1952 he is released and converts to the nation of islam and became Malcolm X see teachings of Elijah Muhammad in his words defends African American identity goes on the Hajj and is stunned by all the different races there coming together through Islam assassinated when he comes home from the Hajj while he was preaching Nation of Islam founded in Detroit by W D Fard Elijah Muhammad incarnation of Muhammad himself he believed Nation of islam values Racial critique after slavery whites obtain their authority of African americans by keeping them at a low point with alcohol and disease etc Warith Deen Mohammad Took over after the death of his father Reforms American society of muslims sunni islam Schism Lousid Farrakhan revived the NOI in 1981 social critic Islam Today Indonesia is the largest Largest populations are in SE Asia 20 40 south and south east Asian 25 45 African American 20 30 euro American 20 other including arab countries Early Muslims in America Estevanico came with cabeza de vaca s exploring party and shiprwrecked off of Tampa Bay and assumed that they were in mexico 15 20 of captured west Africans were muslim were literate Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori African royalty who spent 40 years in American slvery before returning in 1839 Alexander Russell Webb considered first white convert to islam World s Parliament if Religions Chicago 1893 demonstrate to the world that unity can be made of all religions Two examples of American muslim communities immigrant communities single male muslims mostly from the Levant heart of the arab world came to American to work in the 1870s settled primarily in north Dakota iowa and Michigan one community Cedar Rapids Iowa the Mother Mosque African american communities Moorish science temple founded in 1913 New Jersey by Noble Drew Ali drew on Islamic symbols dress qur anic themes but also drew on other religious traditions post 9 11 Islam in contemporary America American muslims find themselves to be misunderstood Forced to become apologists for islam having to defend their faith 48 say americans are friendly towards muslim americans 16 say they are unfriendly and the other are neutral 28 say that people have acted suspicious of them and 22 called offensive names acts of muslim violence September 15 2001 sikh man shot dead at a store in Arizona May 2010 bomb exploded at Islamic center in Jacksonville fl August 2010 a man slashed the face and neck of a new york taxi driver after finding out he was muslim Four days later someone set fire to construction equipment at the future site of an Islamic center in Murfreesboro ten Violence towards muslim women Most victims are women because of the hijab not simply post 9 11 phenomenon its existed for a while since early 19th century responses council on American Islamic relations CAIR
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