Our Family's Evolution From Nationalism To Al-Islam

This powerful book offers an authentic historical account of how America’s indigenous black population came to Al-Islam and how it spread to African-American communities across the country.

Read this captivating story in a compelling memoir by noted Muslim American historian Abdul Karim Hasan—whose family has been part of this experience for more than 90 years.

A.K. Hasan takes readers on a journey of striking clarity and purpose, laying out the unlikely chain of events that introduced Al-Islam to the African-American community. From the end of slavery through the modern era, he delivers a powerful family account of early black nationalism and how it created a path to universal Islam.

Hasan traces the nationalist movements that shaped this development, beginning with The Honorable Marcus Garvey and Noble Drew Ali in the early 20th century. He draws on his family’s unique history and his personal experiences with The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Nation of Islam. As an ambassador and associate of the late Muslim American leader Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Hasan traveled to nearly every corner of the globe. During their time together, Imam Mohammed suggested he write this “important book” about his family’s experience.

To the benefit of readers and American history, A.K. Hasan has responded with this edifying literary work that defines the idiosyncratic evolution of Islam among Africans in America.