Abdul Karim Hasan

Our Family's Evolution - From Nationalism to Al-Islam

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Produktbeschreibung

This powerful new book delivers an authentic historical account of how America's domestic black population came upon the religion of Al-Islam and its spread to African-American communities across the country. Discover this extraordinary history through a compelling memoir written by well-respected Muslim American pioneer Abdul Karim Hasan, whose family has been part of this experience for over 90 years. A. K. Hasan takes the reader on a journey of unbelievable clarity and cause, breaking down in clear view the unlikely chain of events that introduced Al-Islam to the African-American community. From the end of Slavery through the modern era, he delivers a vivid family account of early Black Nationalism and how it created a path to universal Islam. The book details African-American life following the civil war and the extreme challenges that followed. Hasan discusses his family's adverse history in the south and subsequent migration north where they encountered the birth of Black Nationalism. Then, through detailed family and personal accounts, he reveals a chain of events showing beyond doubt how that movement paved the foundation for the emergence of Muslims in America. Beginning with Marcus Garvey and Noble Drew Ali early in the 20th century, Hasan discusses the nationalistic movements that helped shape this unique social development. Utilizing his family's remarkable history, along with his noted personal experiences with The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Nation of Islam, Hasan provides profound insight into this unparalleled occurrence. Hasan joined the Nation of Islam in 1956 and quickly rose through the ranks. Working with the leadership, he helped grow the Nation of Islam into America's most massive Black movement. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad would send him to Los Angeles in 1971, making Hasan the official west-coast representative leader. Once there, he would help lead that Muslim community to unprecedented heights. In 1975, Abdul Karim Hasan and an estimated two million African-Americans converted to mainstream Islam under the guidance and leadership of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, the son of Elijah Muhammad. The book features rare photos and historical literature (with captions) highlighting this unique evolutionary process and its unlikely trek towards Islam. A.K. Hasan provides readers with keen insight into a part of American culture seldom studied. His spiritual wisdom and real-life experiences provide a captivating analysis of this fascinating story. Abdul Karim Hasan is currently the director and resident Imam of Masjid Bilal Islamic Center in Los Angeles, the oldest identifiable Muslim community in the city. He is a renowned Muslim historian whose travels have seen him recognized by Islamic leaders worldwide, which was highlighted by receiving the Da'wah Medal of Excellence from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 1993. The author traveled to nearly every corner of the globe as an ambassador and associate of late Muslim-American leader Imam W. Deen Mohammed. During their extended time together, Imam Mohammed suggested he write this "important book" about his family's defining experience. Now, much to the benefit of readers and American history, A.K. Hasan has responded with this edifying literary work that clarifies the distinct evolution of Islam and Africans in America. For additional information about book and author got to: www.baitcal.com/from-nationalism-to-al-islam

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Baitcal Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780985961930
• ISBN-10: 0985961937
• Artikelnr.: 63514994

Autorenporträt

Abdul Karim Hasan was born in 1931 in Camden, New Jersey. His mother and father, who had become acquainted with the nationalistic message of the Marcus Garvey in 1928, moved to Hartford, Connecticut where his mother joined the Honorable Noble Drew Ali's Moorish American Movement and enrolled him in their weekend school at the age of eleven. He grew up in a household environment that preached the historically free and independent life of Africans before slavery, and gravitated towards social movements. In 1956, he was accepted as a "Nation of Islam" member following the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.Rising through the Muhammad Temple of Islam's ranks as Squad Leader, Lieutenant and Acting Captain, Elijah Muhammad sent him to Los Angeles in 1971, where he led the successful growth in membership and community relations and two years later, purchased a city block at 4016 South Central Avenue, which became Temple #27, the Nation of Islam's West Coast Regional Headquarters.In 1977, the Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke of California read a tribute to his accomplishments into the United States of America Proceedings & Debates of the 95th Congress.He would make his first Hajj that same year, while traveling with Imam W. Deen Mohammed, who led a delegation of 300 Americans on Hajj.¿He also accompanied Imam W. Deen Mohammed to Rabat, Morocco at the invitation of His Majesty King Hassan II to the Palace to attend the Hassanie Lectures on Hadith during the 1988 Fast and Celebration of the Month of Ramadan."As an Ambassador of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, he was sent to Rome, Italy to represent Imam Mohammed at an International News Conference.At the invitation of the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, he was invited to Cairo to receive a Da'wah Medal of Excellence as well as a tour of the City of Qiza, the home of the three internationally recognized Pyramids of the world and the Sphinx, which are classified as wonders of the world, in 1993.His many travels have carried him to Trinidad-Tobago; Nigeria, Kenya; Malaysia, Singapore; Arabia; Israel; Rome, Egypt; Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Morocco visiting them many times; making the pilgrimage to Hajj four times and Umra more than a dozen times. He has met and visited with the late King Khalid of Saudia Arabia, the late Palestinian Authority President Yasar Arafat; and the late Pope John Paul II.He has prayed in the most Sacred Masajid in the Muslim World including Masjidul Haram (Mecca), Masjidul Nabi (Madina), Masjid At-Taqua (Quba), Majid Al-QiblaTayn (Madina), Masjid Al-Aqsa (Jerusalem), Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem), Masjid Haram Ibrahim (West Bank Palestine), Al-Azhar University (Cairo), and the oldest Masjid in the Kasbah area of Fez, Morocco.Over the years, he has continued development of the city block at 4016 South Central Avenue with the completion of a 16 Classroom School in 2007; and construction of a new Mosque in 2021, at this site. The city of Los Angeles has named this sectional block on Central Avenue at Martin Luther King Blvd and Malcolm X Way, "Imam Abdul Karim Hasan Square."