The Call of Bilal
The Call of Bilal

Author: Edward E. Curtis IV

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1469618125

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How do people in the African diaspora practice Islam? While the term "Black Muslim" may conjure images of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, millions of African-descended Muslims around the globe have no connection to the American-based Nation of Islam. The Call of Bilal is a penetrating account of the rich diversity of Islamic religious practice among Africana Muslims worldwide. Covering North Africa and the Middle East, India and Pakistan, Europe, and the Americas, Edward E. Curtis IV reveals a fascinating range of religious activities--from the observance of the five pillars of Islam and the creation of transnational Sufi networks to the veneration of African saints and political struggles for racial justice. Weaving together ethnographic fieldwork and historical perspectives, Curtis shows how Africana Muslims interpret not only their religious identities but also their attachments to the African diaspora. For some, the dispersal of African people across time and space has been understood as a mere physical scattering or perhaps an economic opportunity. For others, it has been a metaphysical and spiritual exile of the soul from its sacred land and eternal home.

My Name is Bilal
My Name is Bilal

Author: Asma Mobin-Uddin

Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Published: 2020-10-20

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1635924944

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Featured in a New York Times article titled "Teach Your Kids to Resist Hatred Toward Asians" A young boy wrestles with his Muslim identify until a compassionate teacher helps him to understand more about his heritage. After a family move, Bilal and his sister Ayesha attend a new school where they find out that they may be the only Muslim students there. Bilal sees his sister bullied on their first day, so he worries about being teased himself, thinking it might be best if his classmates didn't know that he is Muslim. Maybe if he tells kids his name is Bill, rather than Bilal, then they will eave him alone. But when Bilal's teacher Mr. Ali, who is also Muslim, sees how Bilal is struggling. He gives Bilal a book about the first person to give the call to prayer during the time of the Prophet Muhammad. That person was another Bilal: Bilal Ibn Rabah. What Bilal learns from the book forms the compelling story of a young boy grappling with his identity.

Call to Prayer
Call to Prayer

Author: Edoardo Albert

Publisher:

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780860374565

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A story about a boy and his teacher as he teaches him the call to prayer

The Walking Qurʼan
The Walking Qurʼan

Author: Rudolph T. Ware

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1469614316

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Walking Qur'an: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, and History in West Africa

Bilal
Bilal

Author: H. A. L. Craig

Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780704371224

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Famed for his beautiful voice, Bilal is known as the first muezzin in Islam. When told to beat a fellow slave for repeating Mohammad's assertion that slaves are the equal of their masters, he refuses and is almost beaten to death himself. But Bilal is saved by the prayers of the Prophet.

Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975
Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975

Author: Edward E. Curtis

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0807830542

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Edward E. Curtis IV offers the first comprehensive examination of the rituals, ethics, theologies, and religious narratives of the Nation of Islam, showing how the movement combined elements of Afro-Eurasian Islamic traditions with African American traditions to create a new form of Islamic faith. --from publisher description.

Bilal Ibn Rabah
Bilal Ibn Rabah

Author: Shahada Sharelle Haqq

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781597849418

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The early days of Islam were very difficult for Muslims who gathered around Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Slaves who embraced Islam were the ones who suffered most. Bilal was one spectacular hero from among them who rose to become a free believer and became the first muezzin to call Muslims to prayer.

Bilal Al-Habashi
Bilal Al-Habashi

Author: Hilal Kara

Publisher:

Published: 2017-01-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781597849272

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Bilal al-Habashi recited the first ever call to Prayer. He endured the most unbearable of suffering for the sake of his belief for years. He was one of the Messenger's greatest devotees. Medina had become much too constricted for him after Allah's Messenger passed away. He possessed an unceasingly belief, love for Allah and His Messenger, and zeal. Realizing that he was about to breathe his last on his deathbed, his wife cried out, "Woe is me!" Bilal al-Habashi injected saying, "Now is not the time for sorrow. It is the time for joy and jubilation, for tomorrow I shall meet the beloved Messenger and his Companions!"

This Green and Pleasant Land
This Green and Pleasant Land

Author: Ayisha Malik

Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

Published: 2019-06-13

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1785767534

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 'Tender, challenging and as warm as it was razor-sharp' Beth O'Leary 'If you've read Joanna Cannon I think you'll love this' Simon Savidge 'A sublimely witty and touching story' Jonathan Coe The standout new novel by acclaimed author Ayisha Malik - perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Candice Carty-Williams. In the sleepy village of Babel's End, trouble is brewing. Bilal Hasham is having a mid-life crisis. His mother has just died, and he finds peace lying in a grave he's dug in the garden. His elderly Auntie Rukhsana has come to live with him, and forged an unlikely friendship with village busybody, Shelley Hawking. His wife Mariam is distant and distracted, and his stepson Haaris is spending more time with his real father. Bilal's mother's dying wish was to build a mosque in Babel's End, but when Shelley gets wind of this scheme, she unleashes the forces of hell. Will Bilal's mosque project bring his family and his beloved village together again, or drive them apart? Warm, wise and laugh-out-loud funny, This Green and Pleasant Land is a life-affirming look at love, faith and the meaning of home.