Satti Majid: A Sudanese Founder of American Islam
This article examines the institutional accomplishments and intellectual influence of Satti Majid, a Sudanese Muslim missionary who was active in Muslim American affairs from World War I until 1929. It recovers the pivotal role played by Majid in establishing Islam as an organized American religion...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2013, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-209 |
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| Summary: | This article examines the institutional accomplishments and intellectual influence of Satti Majid, a Sudanese Muslim missionary who was active in Muslim American affairs from World War I until 1929. It recovers the pivotal role played by Majid in establishing Islam as an organized American religion during the 1920s. In this decade, Majid established a number of Muslim social welfare societies, attempted to create one of the first national Sunni Muslim umbrella groups in the United States, and achieved noteworthy success in converting American-born blacks to Islam. His most important follower, Daoud Ahmed Faisal, went on to become the premier Sunni Muslim religious leader of New York in the postwar period. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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