American jihad : Islam after Malcolm X

American Jihad is the only popular booknbsp;nbsp;available about the religious experience of Muslims,nbsp;nbsp;both black and white, in America. With over onenbsp;nbsp;billion faithful worldwide, and over six rnillion innbsp;nbsp;the United States alone, Islam is the world'snbsp;nbsp;fastest-growing religion. In fact, the population ofnbsp;nbsp;American Muslims surpasses the membership of manynbsp;nbsp;mainline Protestant denominations. However, thenbsp;nbsp;media's depiction of Muslims in America often stopsnbsp;nbsp;short of any real examination and opts instead tonbsp;nbsp;cover only the sensational, puzzling charisma ofnbsp;nbsp;Louis Farrakhan, who leads the Nation of Islam, ornbsp;nbsp;the violence of some of the more extremistnbsp;nbsp;Muslims. American Jihad dispels thesenbsp;nbsp;prominent but dangerously deceptive stereotypesnbsp;nbsp;and is the first book to take a serious andnbsp;nbsp;inclusive approach to exploring how the Muslim faith isnbsp;nbsp;embraced and practiced in America. Like manynbsp;nbsp;African-Americans of his generation, author Stevennbsp;nbsp;Barboza was affected profoundly by Malcolm X andnbsp;nbsp;converted from Catholicism after reading thenbsp;nbsp;Autobiography. In American Jihad, henbsp;nbsp;features a myriad of faithful Muslims who come fromnbsp;nbsp;many different walks of life from a foreign policynbsp;nbsp;advisor of Richard M. Nixon's, to a blond Sufi, tonbsp;nbsp;an AIDS activist, and so on. Innbsp;nbsp;American Jihad, you'll hear from some of thenbsp;nbsp;most famous American Muslims after Malcolm X,nbsp;nbsp;including Louis Farrakhan, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Attallahnbsp;nbsp;Shabazz (Malcolm X's daughter), and the former H.nbsp;nbsp;Rap Brown. In American Jihad,nbsp;nbsp;Steven Barboza does for Islam what Studs Terkel hasnbsp;nbsp;recently done for race relations.… (more)