Muhammad Fraser-Rahim is executive director of Quilliam International and assistant professor at the Citadel.

• Chapter 1: African American Islam in ContextChapter 2: Taffakur (“To Think, Ponder, Reflect”): Islam in West Africa and Islamic RevivalismChapter 3: Africanizing Dixie: The Enslaved African Muslim Experience and the Black American Islamic ContinuumChapter 4: Imam W.D. Mohammed, the Patron Saint of American Islam: Personality, Intellectual Teachings, and ReformationChapter 5: Walking with Brother Imam: The Community of WD Mohammed as a Counterweight to Extremism

While paying homage to African Islam and its role within the experience of enslavement in America, Fraser-Rahim (The Citadel) focuses on creating a more accurate depiction of the establishment of African American Islam. The title conveys the breadth of this exploration, implicitly covering over a century of acculturation attributable in various ways to both Islam and the vagaries of life for black Americans. The author situates early African American Muslim communities as foundational to the continued experience of African American Muslims in the 21st century. These discussions lead to a preliminary investigation of the community of Imam W.D. Muhammad, arguably the leader of the largest single community of African American Muslims until his death in 2008. Imam Muhammad sits firmly on the black American Islamic continuum that the book builds, which reveals a resilient American Islam being challenged by an immigrant Islam seeking its erasure. This domestic community avoids the chaos of the Muslim world, situating itself as Muslim and American. As research on Imam Muhammad is still in its formative stages, this seminal text relaying his impact on American Islam is a must read. Summing Up: Essential. General readers through faculty.

Muhammad Fraser-Rahim is executive director of Quilliam International and assistant professor at the Citadel.

• Chapter 1: African American Islam in ContextChapter 2: Taffakur (“To Think, Ponder, Reflect”): Islam in West Africa and Islamic RevivalismChapter 3: Africanizing Dixie: The Enslaved African Muslim Experience and the Black American Islamic ContinuumChapter 4: Imam W.D. Mohammed, the Patron Saint of American Islam: Personality, Intellectual Teachings, and ReformationChapter 5: Walking with Brother Imam: The Community of WD Mohammed as a Counterweight to Extremism

While paying homage to African Islam and its role within the experience of enslavement in America, Fraser-Rahim (The Citadel) focuses on creating a more accurate depiction of the establishment of African American Islam. The title conveys the breadth of this exploration, implicitly covering over a century of acculturation attributable in various ways to both Islam and the vagaries of life for black Americans. The author situates early African American Muslim communities as foundational to the continued experience of African American Muslims in the 21st century. These discussions lead to a preliminary investigation of the community of Imam W.D. Muhammad, arguably the leader of the largest single community of African American Muslims until his death in 2008. Imam Muhammad sits firmly on the black American Islamic continuum that the book builds, which reveals a resilient American Islam being challenged by an immigrant Islam seeking its erasure. This domestic community avoids the chaos of the Muslim world, situating itself as Muslim and American. As research on Imam Muhammad is still in its formative stages, this seminal text relaying his impact on American Islam is a must read. Summing Up: Essential. General readers through faculty.

Muhammad Fraser-Rahim is executive director of Quilliam International and assistant professor at the Citadel.

• Chapter 1: African American Islam in ContextChapter 2: Taffakur (“To Think, Ponder, Reflect”): Islam in West Africa and Islamic RevivalismChapter 3: Africanizing Dixie: The Enslaved African Muslim Experience and the Black American Islamic ContinuumChapter 4: Imam W.D. Mohammed, the Patron Saint of American Islam: Personality, Intellectual Teachings, and ReformationChapter 5: Walking with Brother Imam: The Community of WD Mohammed as a Counterweight to Extremism

While paying homage to African Islam and its role within the experience of enslavement in America, Fraser-Rahim (The Citadel) focuses on creating a more accurate depiction of the establishment of African American Islam. The title conveys the breadth of this exploration, implicitly covering over a century of acculturation attributable in various ways to both Islam and the vagaries of life for black Americans. The author situates early African American Muslim communities as foundational to the continued experience of African American Muslims in the 21st century. These discussions lead to a preliminary investigation of the community of Imam W.D. Muhammad, arguably the leader of the largest single community of African American Muslims until his death in 2008. Imam Muhammad sits firmly on the black American Islamic continuum that the book builds, which reveals a resilient American Islam being challenged by an immigrant Islam seeking its erasure. This domestic community avoids the chaos of the Muslim world, situating itself as Muslim and American. As research on Imam Muhammad is still in its formative stages, this seminal text relaying his impact on American Islam is a must read. Summing Up: Essential. General readers through faculty.