Take Another Look: The Quran, the Sunnah and the Islam of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad Star of the Guardians ISBN13: 9781492192930

ISBN13: 9781492192930

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Take Another Look: The Quran, the Sunnah and the Islam of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad Star of the Guardians ISBN13: 9781492192930Did the Honorable Elijah Muhammad teach true Islam or was he simply a powerful social reformer who spun an interpretation of Islam which, while socially and culturally uplifting, was religiously blasphemous? What criteria should be used to assess his Islamicity? The Quran and Sunnah obviously, but whose reading of the Quran and Sunnah is to be privileged in this discussion? Islamic scholar Dr Wesley Muhammad, who holds a Doctorate in Islamic Studies