In this week's episode, Badawi and Feras continue their conversation with Dr. Jimmy Jones in the second part of the two-part series, leadership, race, and humanity. Topics discussed are Malcolm X and other Civil Rights contributors not being included in many U.S curriculums, Islam and African American Humanity, American Muslim standing compared to Muslims around the world, as well as necessary qualities of Muslim Leaders in America. Enjoy the show and don't forget to FOLLOW ON TWITTER @islamericanPOD and ON
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Dr. Jimmy E. Jones is a professor and chairman of World Religions, Manhattanville College and board chairman of The Islamic Seminary of America. He is also on the board of CAIR National.
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Books Referenced
1-Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America by Eugene Robinson
2-New Haven Register Article: Faith Matters: Quran and Other Sacred Texts Tell Us to Put Aside Our Ethnic Differences
3-Autobiography of Malcolm X As told To Alex Healy
4-Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and The Sterilization of Carrie Buck by Adam Cohen
5- God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis
6-Islam and The African American Experience by Richard Brent Turner
7- Black Macho and The Myth of The Superwoman by Michelle Wallace