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Islam in America

This explanation of the faith as it is being practiced in the United States includes an introduction to the Five Pillars of Islam, a visit to the first mosque in America in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, an explanation of why and how Muslims pray five times a day, a visit inside a maximum security prison where convicts are converting to Islam, and a discussion of how a pilgrimage to Mecca changed Malcolm X.

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  • "This explanation of the faith as it is being practiced in the United States includes an introduction to the Five Pillars of Islam, a visit to the first mosque in America in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, an explanation of why and how Muslims pray five times a day, a visit inside a maximum security prison where convicts are converting to Islam, and a discussion of how a pilgrimage to Mecca changed Malcolm X."@en
  • "Islam is one of the fastest growing and most misunderstood, religions in America today. Here, for the first time, is an explanation of the faith as it is actually practiced in the United States: learn about the five pillars of Islam, visit the first mosque in America, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, understand why and how Muslims pray five times a day, discover how a visit to Mecca changed Malcom X."@en
  • "Presents an introduction to Islam, one of the fastest growing and most misunderstood religions in America today. Introduces the Five Pillars of Islam through the experiences of American Muslims in California, Texas, Iowa, Ohio, and Massachusetts. Visits the first mosque in America, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and presents children at an Islamic elementary school learning why and how Muslims pray five times a day. Shows a maximum security prison, where convicts are converting to Islam, and describes how a visit to Mecca changed Malcolm X."@en
  • "Attempts to debunk many misconceptions and stereotypes about Islam that are common both in the United States and abroad. Fosters a better understanding of what many consider to be the fastest growing religion in the world."@en
  • "Islam is one of the fastest growing, and most misunderstood, religions in America today. Here is an explanation of the faith as it is actually being practiced in the United States. Learn about the Five Pillars of Islam; visit the First Mosque in America, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; understand why and how Muslims pray five times a day; go inside a maximum security prison, where convicts are converting to Islam; and, discover how a visit to Mecca changed Malcom X."@en

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  • "Islam in America"@en
  • "Islam in America the next decade, 1990s in transition"@en