Author Shares His Inside Perspective on Building an Islamic Community Within American Society
RALEIGH, N.C. (PRWEB) May 04, 2017 -- Islam in America is becoming increasingly more common. In his new book, “The Athaan in the Bull City: Building Durham’s Islamic Community,” (published by Lulu) Nazeeh Abdul-Hakeem describes how black American Muslims influenced the spread of Islam in Durham, North Carolina. Abdul-Hakeem is launching a marketing campaign to expand the book’s reach.
Abdul-Hakeem himself has played a role in expanding the Islamic community in Durham by helping to found Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman, Inc., the city’s largest Muslim organization.
“The Athaan in the Bull City” illustrates the history of Islam’s roots in Durham, going back more than 30 years. The book also gives insight to the international perspective immigrant Muslims have provided through the years.
“Being Muslim in American Society is very challenging,” said Nazeeh Abdul-Hakeem. “Achieving unity among people of various races, backgrounds, nationalities, cultures, and languages takes a lifetime.”
“The Athaan in the Bull City” aims to open readers up to the diversity found in the American religious experience and better acquaint them with a religion they hear of frequently, but may know little about.
“The Athaan in the Bull City”
By Nazeeh Abdul-Hakeem
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 158 pages | ISBN 9781483435671
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 158 pages | ISBN 9781483435657
E-Book | 158 pages | ISBN 9781483435664
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Nazeeh Abdul-Hakeem, a retired city planner for Durham, North Carolina, became a Muslim in 1979. He made several major and minor pilgrimages to Makkah and Madinah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and visited Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. He and Olaiya, his wife, have been married since 1982.
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