Product Description: Once a year Muslims from around the world_representing a vast range of ethnicities, incomes, ages, and attitudes_perform the Hajj (pilgrimage) and converge in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Now, the global diversity of Muslims at the Hajj is almost repliacted in the United States: new immigrants, Muslims whose families have been here for generations, and converts are coming together, seeing what unites them and what issues they face together...read more

Product Description: The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics...read more

Product Description: Beginning with the origins of Islam in Arabia and continuing to the African empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai, Mr. Rashad examines the influence the religion had on the peoples of that continent and the impact of slavery on African Muslims brought to the Americas...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: An in depth examination of the influence of Christianity and Islam on traditional African society and values, and a thorough analysis of contemporary inherited three different traditions: the native African, the Arab-Islamic, and the Euro- WEstern Christian...read more