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Islam in Africa
The modern perspective of Islam when dealing with the African ethnicity has asserted that they are naturally together. Since the advent of men and movements like Malcolm Little, the burglar known as "Malcolm X," the African-American has been indoctrinated with the idea that Islam is the "Black Man's Religion." This system of thought, not useful in itself, is only as helpful as a political tool for the centralization of a people forming against their alleged "White Man's Religion" -- Christianity. The alleged actions of Christianity have been the belittlement, harassment, browbeating, and ultimately the enslavement of the African.
This deliberately twisted tale comes as close to the truth in its opposite as can be logically conceived. Islam did not originate in Africa, that is very plain. What is also very clear in the abundant records of history, is that faithful Muslims subdued as much of the African continent as possible. In the Koran, Islam commands slavery on the obstinate infidel. The faithful, conservative, traditional Muslim who has carried out these passages of the Koran and the example of its the prophet Mohammed, has gained for Islam the notoriety of being the first in the ranks for the number of slaves owned throughout history. Moreover, the mortality rate of their slaves, at 90%, has never been close to usurpation by any other group.
If anyone deems themselves as an able participant in the conversation of the history of Africa, then here is where they will either be confirmed or conflicted. For further reading on this and related material, Peter Hammond's "Slavery, Terrorism, and Islam" is suggested to the reader.
In the book before you, Islam in Africa, Dr. Atterbury has taken a very gracious view in describing the Islamic religion. The process which he has elected may cause some initial wonder in the mind of the thoughtful reader. his conclusions on the matter will be the justification for his process and make the whole of the reading entirely worthwhile and educational.
While this book is by no means definitive, it goes a long way in establishing the basic facts and framework for understanding the sad and strong history of the African people. Islam is not their history, but their usurper. Islam has not been their friend, but their tyrant.
There has rightly been much debate about how to refer to Allah generically. Many have come to the just conclusion that Allah should be called Allah, as that is his name and is called that without deviation. God, on the other hand, Jehovah God to be clear, has been called God, as a translation of the Hebrew word Elohim. Elohim is not a name, as such, but a classification, and ascribed solely to Jehovah when speaking fully and truthfully in all the attributes of divinity. Therefore, it should be noted that the Editor takes exception to Dr. Atterbury’s use of the word God as a translation for the name Allah. They are not the same class of words, Allah being a name and God being at the very least a descriptive title. They cannot be synonymous for this reason when used in translation. For instance, the notorious phrase, Allahu Ackbar, has been erroneously translated, God is great. If wisdom is taken into consideration when translation is rendered, this is not a possibility. An actual translation would be Allah is the greatest. Which, from a Christian frame of reference, is a blasphemous epithet. The editor mentions this in the preface so that the reader may be aware of this when reading the otherwise excellent book.
-Theo Scrivner
This deliberately twisted tale comes as close to the truth in its opposite as can be logically conceived. Islam did not originate in Africa, that is very plain. What is also very clear in the abundant records of history, is that faithful Muslims subdued as much of the African continent as possible. In the Koran, Islam commands slavery on the obstinate infidel. The faithful, conservative, traditional Muslim who has carried out these passages of the Koran and the example of its the prophet Mohammed, has gained for Islam the notoriety of being the first in the ranks for the number of slaves owned throughout history. Moreover, the mortality rate of their slaves, at 90%, has never been close to usurpation by any other group.
If anyone deems themselves as an able participant in the conversation of the history of Africa, then here is where they will either be confirmed or conflicted. For further reading on this and related material, Peter Hammond's "Slavery, Terrorism, and Islam" is suggested to the reader.
In the book before you, Islam in Africa, Dr. Atterbury has taken a very gracious view in describing the Islamic religion. The process which he has elected may cause some initial wonder in the mind of the thoughtful reader. his conclusions on the matter will be the justification for his process and make the whole of the reading entirely worthwhile and educational.
While this book is by no means definitive, it goes a long way in establishing the basic facts and framework for understanding the sad and strong history of the African people. Islam is not their history, but their usurper. Islam has not been their friend, but their tyrant.
There has rightly been much debate about how to refer to Allah generically. Many have come to the just conclusion that Allah should be called Allah, as that is his name and is called that without deviation. God, on the other hand, Jehovah God to be clear, has been called God, as a translation of the Hebrew word Elohim. Elohim is not a name, as such, but a classification, and ascribed solely to Jehovah when speaking fully and truthfully in all the attributes of divinity. Therefore, it should be noted that the Editor takes exception to Dr. Atterbury’s use of the word God as a translation for the name Allah. They are not the same class of words, Allah being a name and God being at the very least a descriptive title. They cannot be synonymous for this reason when used in translation. For instance, the notorious phrase, Allahu Ackbar, has been erroneously translated, God is great. If wisdom is taken into consideration when translation is rendered, this is not a possibility. An actual translation would be Allah is the greatest. Which, from a Christian frame of reference, is a blasphemous epithet. The editor mentions this in the preface so that the reader may be aware of this when reading the otherwise excellent book.
-Theo Scrivner
156 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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