American Muslim History Class

The class will be happening on Monday Nov 14th, Nov 28th, Dec. 12th, Jan 2nd, and Jan 16th from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM in Sha Allah! The topics are as follows:

Session1. “Enslaved West Africans & European Imperialist Views on Islam”: Muslims from Colonial America to the end of the Civil War, 1492-1865

Session 2. “Early Reverts, Levantine Immigrants, & Eastern European Immigrants”: American Muslims from 1865-1945

Session 3. “Black Islamic Revival”: From the Moorish Science Temple to Warith Deen Muhammad, 1913-2008

Session 4. “Americans, Muslims, and the Cold War”: Salafi Dawah & the History of American Foreign Policy in the Islamosphere, 1945-Modern Day

Session 5. “Creating the Modern American Ummah”: Post-LBJ Immigration, American Islamic Architecture, Suburban Islam, 3rd Spaces, and Modern American Islamic Identities 1965-Now