Kill Your Patriarchs: An Interview with Michael Muhammad Knight
…biography of Malcolm X and you have all the core books for a course on modern Islam in America. Since MMK is an autodidact, he does not see what is happening as unique to Islam in America, but part of larger trends in Islamic intellectual thought. He weaves in references to al-Hallaj, the malamati—Sufis who sought disapproval, lest all they seek was approval—and various theological debates. In the fall of 2009 he will be starting a Masters program…
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