Preserving or Extending Boundaries: The Black Shi‘is of America

Takim, Liyakat

doi:10.1080/13602004.2010.494073

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“…Shiʿi converts experience discrimination not only from non-Muslim inmates but also from Muslim ones. 27 A survey of inmates conducted in England showed that conversion to Islam emboldens them. According to the survey: …'weaker' prisoners faced pressures to convert to Islam to secure the benefits of protection from a cohesive and self organised Muslim block within the prison, clearly reminiscent of Jacobs' (1979) importation accounts of black collectivity in US prisons.…”

Section: Shiʿism In the Incarceration Facilitiesmentioning

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Integration or Isolation: Black Shi'ism in the American Diaspora

Takim

2020

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In a country that claims to be founded on Judeo-Christian values, the experiences of minority groups such as Muslims are often relegated to the margins of discourses on religion. The sense of negligence of marginalized communities is even greater when a group is a minority within a minority, as it is relegated to a double-minority status. This article will argue that due to their double-minority status, American Shi‘is have been occupied more with safeguarding and protecting rather than disseminating their distinctive beliefs and practices. They have been more concerned with preserving than expanding their religious boundaries. The article will also demonstrate that, due to various factors, there has been an increasing number of members of the African American community accepting Twelver Shi’ism. It will further examine for the reasons for this phenomenon and highlight instances of Black Shi‘i–Sunni altercations and hostilities in American correctional facilities.

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Section: Shiʿism In the Incarceration Facilitiesmentioning

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Integration or Isolation: Black Shi'ism in the American Diaspora

Takim

2020

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“…After a period of neglect there is a growing body of research on contemporary Shia communities in Muslim minority contexts in Europe and North America using social scientific and ethnographic research methods. Initial research was produced on Twelver Shia communities in North America, providing either a general survey on the communal presence in the US or Canada (Sachedina 1994;Schuble 1996;Takim 2008Takim , 2009Takim , 2010Takim , 2018 or focussing in particular on Arab Twelver Shia communities located in Dearborn, Michigan (Walbridge 1996;Capucci 2015aCapucci , b, 2016. There has been a much longer tradition of research on Nizari Ismailis in various diasporic contexts with early research on North America (Nanji 1983 andRoss-Sheriff andNanji 1991) and more recent research on gender and generational dynamics among Nizari Ismailis in Canada (Mukadam and Mawani 2007;Damji and Lee 1995;Bhimani 2017) and Australia (Mitha and Adatia 2016;Mitha et al 2017).…”

Section: State Of the Art: Research On Shia Muslims In The Ukmentioning

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“…Similarly, the rulings from the sources of emulation ( maraji’ ) have yet to discuss issues like countering marginalization, Islamophobia, social exclusion, and how to effectively counteract the vitriolic attacks by Wahhabis and Salafis. Many Black Shi’is complain that there is very little in jurisprudence ( fiqh ) treatises that address their specific socio-economic needs in America (Takim, 2010).…”

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Custom as a Legal Principle of Legislation for Shi’i Law

Takim

2018

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

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This paper will argue that the principle of a lacuna in Shi’i law can empower jurists to go beyond the traditional parameters of the shari’a. The principle allows for an expansion of Islamic law since jurists can legislate laws that have not been explicitly prohibited by textual sources. I will demonstrate that, in the past, Shi’i jurists often appealed to local customary practices in legislating laws that were absent in revelatory sources. This juridical practice is premised on the view that all reasonable beings accept and behave according to common norms and values. I will argue also that, based on the principle of the custom of reasonable people, jurists can deploy American social norms and customs as a source of new legislation. Such considerations can lead to a radically different formulation of diasporic jurisprudence.

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Preserving or Extending Boundaries: The Black Shi‘is of America

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Integration or Isolation: Black Shi'ism in the American Diaspora

Integration or Isolation: Black Shi'ism in the American Diaspora

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Custom as a Legal Principle of Legislation for Shi’i Law

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