Muslims have lived in the "West" for hundreds of years, yet the lives of
all but a few are little known.
In this illuminating work, Muhammad Mojlum Khan sets out to change this
by revealing the lives and impact of over fifty significant Muslims,
from the founder of Muslim Spain in the eighth century to Muhammad Ali
today.
This extraordinary book features biographies on the enslaved African
Prince Ayuba Sulaiman Diallo, who was put to work in the tobacco fields
of Maryland; Alexander Russell Webb, the voice of Muslims in Victorian
America; and W.D. Muhammad, Elijah Muhammad's son, who converted the
Nation of Islam's followers to an authentic version of Islam.
Muhammad Mojlum Khan was born in 1973 in Habigong, Bangladesh, and
was brought up and educated in England. He is a literary critic,
prolific writer, and a researcher in Islamic thought and history. He has
published over 100 essays and articles on Islam, comparative religion,
contemporary thought, and current affairs, and has been a regular
contributor to The Muslim News. He has published two major works: The
Muslim 100 and The Muslim Heritage of Bengal.