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Brown Jonathan A. C.
Islam And Blackness
Islam And Blackness
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: The most comprehensive examination to date of the claim that Islam as a system of scripture law and spirituality is antiblack It is commonly claimed that Islam is antiblack even inherently bent on enslaving Black Africans. Western and African critics alike have contended that antiblack racism is in the faith's very scriptural foundations and its traditions of law spirituality and theology. But what is the basis for this accusation? Bestselling scholar Jonathan A. C. Brown examines Islamic scripture law Sufism and history to comprehensively interrogate this claim and determine how and why it emerged. Locating its origins in conservative politics modern Afrocentrism and the old trope of Barbary enslavement he explains how antiblackness arose in the Islamic world and became entangled with normative tradition. From the imagery of blackened faces in the Quran to Shariah assessments of Black women as undesirable and the assertion that Islam and Muslims are foreign to Africa this work provides an in - depth study of the controversial knot that is Islam and Blackness and identifies authoritative voices in Islam's past that are crucial for combatting antiblack racism today.
Title: Islam And Blackness
Author(s): Brown Jonathan A. C.
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9780861544844
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 12/13/2022
Category: Islamic Law
Description: The most comprehensive examination to date of the claim that Islam as a system of scripture law and spirituality is antiblack It is commonly claimed that Islam is antiblack even inherently bent on enslaving Black Africans. Western and African critics alike have contended that antiblack racism is in the faith's very scriptural foundations and its traditions of law spirituality and theology. But what is the basis for this accusation? Bestselling scholar Jonathan A. C. Brown examines Islamic scripture law Sufism and history to comprehensively interrogate this claim and determine how and why it emerged. Locating its origins in conservative politics modern Afrocentrism and the old trope of Barbary enslavement he explains how antiblackness arose in the Islamic world and became entangled with normative tradition. From the imagery of blackened faces in the Quran to Shariah assessments of Black women as undesirable and the assertion that Islam and Muslims are foreign to Africa this work provides an in - depth study of the controversial knot that is Islam and Blackness and identifies authoritative voices in Islam's past that are crucial for combatting antiblack racism today.
Title: Islam And Blackness
Author(s): Brown Jonathan A. C.
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9780861544844
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 12/13/2022
Category: Islamic Law