Elijah Muhammad is arguably the most significant figure in the history of Islam in the United States. Successor to W. D. Fard, the founder of the Nation of Islam, and a mentor to Malcolm X, Elijah Muh
This study provides the first extensive survey and analysis of Western debates over the authenticity of hadiths and early tafsir.It argues that the differences between sceptical and more sanguine scho
Almost four decades after his death Elijah Muhammad (1897?1975) remains by far the most influential African American Muslim. Leader of the Nation of Islam movement for over thirty years and a mentor t
The history of early Islam or origins of Islam remains highly contested. From the beginning of modern scholarship on this formative period, scholars have questioned traditional Muslim accounts. Schola
