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Article: Islam's rising lure Religion's discipline appeals to many African-Americans
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 20, 1996
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From the moment he walked into the mosque on a dreary side street
in Dorchester, Dawud Naadir knew he had found his spiritual niche.
It was a significant and welcome change, Naadir says, from the
Baptist church he had known as a child. "There was no preacher
yelling, no one jumping around shouting, `Amen,' " he said. "Just
someone preaching the wisdom of Allah in a straightforward and clear
manner. It was more serious."
Rahim Ali said he was stunned when he stepped inside a mosque in
Washington and saw rows of black men standing shoulder to shoulder,
praying. "There were brothers on both sides of me submitting to the
will of Allah and yearning to live as virtuous Muslims," said Ali,
who now ...