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Program Particulars
*Times indicated refer to web version of audio
 (01:55–02:48) Music
"The Multiples of One" from Awakening, performed by Joseph Curiale
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| Insert from an ad campaign series, Islam in America, from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). |
(01:59) Statistics Quoted by Krista
In her opening remarks, Krista mentions that there are six million Muslims in the United States today. To gain a greater understanding of these Americans, Project MAPS: Muslims in American Public Square commissioned the American Muslim Poll (PDF 139KB). The report was published in December 2001 and conducted by Zogby International, which covers the areas of demographics, religious practices, social and political issues, and September 11th and its aftermath.
 (02:46–03:27) Music
"Lupra" from A Man About a Horse, performed by Steve Tibbets
(03:25) Reference to Sufism
Krista refers to Omid Safi as being a student of Sufism. In the Speaking of Faith program "The Spirit of Islam," listen to Omid Safi describe his own understanding and experience of Sufi tradition. Learn more about this form of Islamic mysticism where the pursuit of spiritual truth is the quest.
(05:15) Safi Mentions Wahhabi
Omid Safi states that most Muslims distance themselves from the Wahhabi movement because of its ultra-conservative bent and extremist views, especially since the events of September 11th.
(10:28–11:21) Music
"Lupra" from A Man About a Horse, performed by Steve Tibbets
(13:48) Virtue of Adab
As Omid Safi described it, adab goes well beyond etiquette to being a true religious value.
 (18:29–18:48) Music
"Remember" from The Intercontinentals, performed by Bill Frisell
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Bob Dylan
Library of Congress (LC-USZ62-107999) |
(18:42) Safi's Deference to Dylan
Omid Safi describes his reasons for using the lyrics of "The Times They Are A-Changin'" in the introduction to his book Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism. Listen and read the lyrics to Bob Dylan's modern folk classic.
 (18:47–21:07) Music
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" from The Essential Bob Dylan, performed by Bob Dylan
(22:50) Passage from Qur'an by Ali
Read and listen to an alternative translation of the passage Ali recites and translates from the first verse of the section entitled An-Nisa (The Women) of the Qur'an:
Revere your Lord who created you from a single soul, and created from it its mate. From them spread many men and women.
(24:33) Reference to the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project
Krista asks Ali about her work at The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project at Brandeis University. The Web site provides essays, links, and resources addressing issues of sexual ethics and gender relations in Muslim communities and Islamic texts.
(26:56–27:58) Music
"For Christos" from The Intercontinentals, performed by Bill Frisell
(27:59–29:23) Music
"Koshala" from A Man About a Horse, performed by Steve Tibbets
(28:37) Black Americans and Islam
Over a third of the six million Muslims in the United States are African-American. Some famous black icons who converted to Islam—Muhammad Ali, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan, whose militant Nation of Islam is now a fraction of the size of the American Society of Muslims, the mainstream African-American coalition formerly led by W. Deen Mohammed.
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| Dr. King and Malcolm X waiting for a press conference (Library of Congress) |
(29:39) Malcolm X Actuality
Learn more about Malcolm X's history and conversion to Islam. An excerpt from Spike Lee's movie Malcolm X, portrayed by Denzel Washington, is used in the program:
Now you may be shocked by these words, but I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and prayed to the same God with fellow Muslims whose eyes were blue, whose hair was blonde, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And we were all brothers. True. People of all colors and races believing in one God, in one humanity.
Now my first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belonged. For we more than any others are deprived of our inalienable rights. But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans.
Read a letter Malcolm X wrote to Elijah Muhammad after his departure from the Nation of Islam.
 (31:14–29:23) Music
"Crème de Menthe Quasar" from Happy Apple, performed by Youth Oriented
(31:48) Krista Reads Essay
Read an extended version of the excerpt of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's essay, "Oh, Allah, Operate on Us!" Islam and the Legacy of American Slavery was taken from the collection of essays Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith:
"As a result of September 11th, immigrant Muslims are seeking wisdom from the struggle of African-American Muslims. For these are a people who understand what it is like to become the hate that hate produced."
(32:25) Book Mentioned by Precious Rasheeda Muhammad
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas was written by Dr. Sylviane Diouf.
(36:16) Jesse Jackson at Harvard Law School
Krista asks Precious Rasheeda Muhammad to provide an example of how the September 11th attacks changed the collaboration taking place between the American Muslim community and African-Americans. Listen and watch the video of Rev. Jackson speaking at Harvard Law School (RealAudio 1:15:02) on September 24, 2001, in which Muhammad recounts a question asked of Rev. Jackson by an Asian-American student.
(37:58–38:47) Music
"Crème de Menthe Quasar" from Happy Apple, performed by Youth Oriented
(37:58) Krista Uses Term Bilalians
Read a graph of Bilal ibn Rabah made available by anwary-islam.com, a comprehensive site dedicated to Islam.
(40:05–41:13) Music
"Lupra" from A Man About a Horse, performed by Steve Tibbets
(46:33) Krista References Essay
The essay by Yahiya Emerick to which Krista refers is entitled The Fight for the Soul of Islam in America.
(48:02–48:51) Music
"Listen" from The Intercontinentals, performed by Bill Frisell
(50:53–52:55) Music
"Koshala" from A Man About a Horse, performed by Steve Tibbets
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