Black Muslims

Scholarly research on African American based Mosques in Baltimore City is minute when compared to scholarly works done on African American based Churches. Masjid Al Haqq, which was previously called Mosque Six, has been a mainstay for African Americans seeking Islamic guidance i…

There is a dearth of literature on Black Sunni Muslims in the field of psychology. More so, there is no literature specifically analyzing the influences upon Black religiosity. The literature has established that personality has significant influence upon religiosity. The litera…

One of the reasons religious studies is important to the academic process is because it seeks to understand the intricacies of well known human systems of meaning. Also important is research on those religious systems not well known. Herein lies the purpose of this dissertation,…

The purpose of this research was to examine why a vast number of incarcerated African-American males embrace the Islamic faith, and what makes the religion so compelling to them. The study also investigated the influence of the conversion on the subjects. A case study was utiliz…

During the era of Black consciousness from 1945 to 1975, the Nation of Islam was a major sociopolitical, economic, and educational force in Black communities throughout the United States. It was this period, Black Muslim women worked hard to actualize the Nation of Islam's self-…