The Five Percenters: Islam, Hip Hop, and the Gods of New YorkWith a cast of characters ranging from Malcolm X to 50 Cent, Knights compelling work is the first detailed account of the movement inextricably linked with black empowerment, Islam, New York, and hip hop. Containing unrivalled insider access to the movements elders, oral histories, and community literature, this fast paced investigation uncovers the Five Percenters icons and heritage, and examines their growing influence in urban American youth

This book is an invitation for self-examination when it comes to the questions we ask of Muslims and ourselves about violence

how their mosques developed over time

There is no problem in such occurrences when the critique is raised by someone who is an expert in the field and raises issues that are acceptable in the science - such as Imam ad-Daraqutni

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The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al-'ilm) is the foundation of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'ulum al-din)

Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume “community” history of African Americans

this volume contains essays and poetry concerning the sacred and sustaining nature of water – its symbolism in the world’s great spiritual traditions – Hinduism

This is a refreshingly different approach to a classic subject of the wisdom behind Islamic acts of worship

healing and gentle encouragement through the grief

“This work can help our Muslim children have a more humane and universal understanding of the ethics and teachings of Islam through Imam al-Ghazali

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