Islam and Blackness
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0861544846
ISBN-13
9780861544844
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Imprint
Oneworld Academic
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 3rd, 2022
Print length
416 Pages
Weight
658 grams
Dimensions
24.40 x 16.50 x 4.10 cms
Product Classification:
IslamIslamic life & practiceAspects of religion (non-Christian)Sacred textsIslamic law
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The most comprehensive examination to date of the claim that Islam, as a system of scripture, law and spirituality, is antiblack
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 faiths 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 Islams past that are crucial for combatting antiblack racism today.
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 faiths 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 Islams past that are crucial for combatting antiblack racism today.
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