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Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb (born Alexander Russell Webb; November 9, 1846 – October 1, 1916) was an American writer, publisher, and the United States Consul to the Philippines. He converted to Islam in 1889, and is considered by historians to be the earliest prominent Old Stock American Muslim convert.
1 de sept. de 2006 · Abstract. Conflicts and controversies at home and abroad have led Americans to focus on Islam more than ever before. Little is known about Islam in Victorian America. This book is a biography of Alexander Russell Webb, one of the earliest American Muslims to achieve public renown.
This chapter presents an introduction to the life of Alexander Russell Webb (1846-1916), who adopted Islam as a private faith and personal fulfillment of his identity as an American. He is considered one of the outstanding figures in the early history of Islam in the United States, and his legacy constitutes a valuable point of reference for ...
18 de sept. de 2007 · Read this article. In the spring of 1893, The Moslem World debuted as America's first Islamic publication. The paper was to be the centerpiece in Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb's Indian-backed American Islamic Propaganda mission to the United States.
- Brent D. Singleton
- 2007
A Muslim in Victorian America: The Life of Alexander Russell Webb. Umar F. Abd-Allah. Oxford University Press, Sep 21, 2006 - Religion - 400 pages. Conflicts and controversies at home and...
- Umar F. Abd-Allah
- Oxford University Press, 2006
- 0199884854, 9780199884858
of Alexander Russell Webb Oxford University Press, 2006. 388 pp. $35.00 With Islam in America a subject of grow ing interest among Americans of all reli gious persuasions, the time is surely ripe for the first full-length biography of America's earliest Muslim of note. A cer tain Alexander Russell Webb—of Hudson, New York—claims the ...
Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb. Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb (1846-1916) was among the first prominent Euro-American converts to Islam. He accepted Islam in 1888 while serving as U.S. Consul to the Philippines. Upon returning to America, he established an Islamic mission in Manhattan with a mosque, circles of brotherhood, and reading rooms.
