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American Imam: From Pop Stardom to Prison Abolition
Authored by Taymullah Abdur-Rahman
Narrated by Taymullah Abdur-Rahman

0:00 Intro
0:03 Introduction: Concord Prison
16:41 1. The New Prophets: How Islam Became Hip-Hop’s Religion
48:46 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

Imam Taymullah Abdur–Rahman’s incredible life story weaves the contemporary Black American experience with the Black Muslim American experience and emphasizes the role of interreligious dialogue in the fight for abolition and justice.

By the time he was twelve, Taymullah Abdur–Rahman (born Tyrone Sutton) was a rising pop star, recruited as part of the R&B group Perfect Gentlemen, with a top ten hit, national teen magazine covers, and an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. However, after his music career peaked, Abdur–Rahman found himself back home, with little to show for his success. He became a teen father struggling to survive in Roxbury, MA. Seeing Islam as a way to discipline himself in an unrelenting environment, he converted. He went on to work in a maximum security prison as a Muslim chaplain, where he became zealously focused on saving souls instead of understanding the outside forces that lead men to prison.

Later, in his work as the first paid Muslim chaplain at Harvard, Abdur–Rahman began to seek counsel outside of Islam, engaging with Jewish and Christian mentors who opened his eyes to the gifts of interreligious dialogue and helped lead him to what he was truly seeking: enlightenment. With this new framework, he returned to working with prisoners and clearly saw the cyclical effects of systemic racism that keep Black and brown people locked up and without support in America today. A sweeping narrative, American Imam voices the contemporary concerns of Black Muslim Americans in the shadow of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, in the aftermath of 9/11, and in light of the fights for social justice and prison abolition. Abdur–Rahman’s story sounds an indelible rallying cry for understanding across race, religion, and cultural divides.

“Captivating and poignant, American Imam traces the formative influences and wildly shifting fortunes of esteemed Black American convert Taymullah Abdur Rahman.”—Celene Ibrahim, PhD, author of Women and Gender in the Qur’an

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: RB Media
Published on: February 27, 2024
ISBN: 9798891784710
Duration: 8 hr, 7 min
Genres: Religion / Islam / Rituals & Practice, Religion / Islam / Theology