Talk:Old Islam in Detroit

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Dawn Marie Gibson's comments on the book[edit]

Gibson, on p. 206, makes these comments:

"Howell’s description of Garvey as “an early American promoter of Islam” seems overstated (p. 77)." since Garvey did not introduce Islam as the religion of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (unia), and because of theological tensions within the organization
Scholars believe Beynon's comments of 7,000 dues paying members of the Nation of Islam (NOI) by 1933 were "unsubstantiated and exaggerated estimation." and yet this book cites Beynon and Howell reasons it was 10,000
That there is not enough evidence to say that US members of the NOI “played a crucial role in driving heterodox Islamic movements, and their charismatic leaders, out of Detroit”
On p. 78 she says NOI was founded in 1931, but says elsewhere it was founded in 1930
At one time she calls Elijah Muhammad the founder of the NOI on p. 171, but corrects herself at p. 219.
Gibson says there are other oversights in regards to the NOI
The portion about Warith Deen Muhammad's switch to Sunni Islam "does not sufficiently examine" why he gravitated to Sunni Islam before Elijah Muhammad's death, and that it lacks context

If you wish to explore these issues please ask me for a copy of the article and/or get one from WP:RX and/or a university library. Please get the original book reviews before using them to examine the source.

This is why I write articles on academic books, so people know about these book reviews and what is said in them. So Wikipedians can get to better know the sources they use! WhisperToMe (talk) 04:26, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]