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Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak

Islam has been growing quickly in the world, yet it is a predominately misunderstood religion. Othering Islam through media propaganda and western writings, and misassociating it with some assumptions are still rampant. Thus, the researcher attempts at showing these assumptions and stereotypical pre...

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Main Authors: Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah, Barebwa, Nadira
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Language:English
Published: IIUM 2023
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H10 Societies
PI Oriental languages and literatures
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/109734/7/109734_Postcolonialism%2C%20Islamophobia%20and%20inserting%20Islamic%20facts%20in%20African-American%20Fiction.pdf
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https://journals.iium.edu.my/jiasia/index.php/jia/article/view/1176/585
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spelling my.iium.irep.1097342024-01-08T06:49:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/109734/ Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah Barebwa, Nadira H10 Societies PI Oriental languages and literatures Islam has been growing quickly in the world, yet it is a predominately misunderstood religion. Othering Islam through media propaganda and western writings, and misassociating it with some assumptions are still rampant. Thus, the researcher attempts at showing these assumptions and stereotypical prejudgments of Islam and Muslims that are commonly associated with Western assumptions resulted in Islamophobia and exploring the role of counter-discourses in contemporary Black-American Fiction by analysing Umm Zakiyyah’s If I Should Speak and showing to what extent does the novel has an important role in correcting assumptions and narrating the Islamic facts. Thus, this article highlights Umm Zakiyyah’s narrative of Islam’s truth within its historical sources which are the Qur’an and the Sunnah. The paper analyses Umm Zakiyyah’s reconsideration of Islam’s truth, by focusing on the meaning of Islam and being a Muslim. To do so, this qualitative and non-empirical research is conducted in a descriptive-theoretical analysis, using the selected novel as a primary source and library and online critical materials, such as books and journal articles, as secondary reference. Based on the analysis, it is found that Umm Zakiyyah narrates Islam and Muslims to counter the West’s negative view on Islam. Furthermore, based on the story, the power of Muslim self-identification within the transparent historical knowledge based on the Quran’s perspectives leads to the conversion of Tamika Douglass, proving that Islam can be perceived positively by non-Muslims; in this case, it is represented within its subjectivity. It is found that the novel can be a tool of Islamic da’wah [call for the faith]. Hence, the Muslim writers and novelists should write and attempt to Islamise English fiction to help in solving the challenges faced by Muslims and the Ummah. IIUM 2023-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/109734/7/109734_Postcolonialism%2C%20Islamophobia%20and%20inserting%20Islamic%20facts%20in%20African-American%20Fiction.pdf Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah and Barebwa, Nadira (2023) Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak. Islam in Asia, 20 (3). pp. 34-61. ISSN 1823-0970 E-ISSN 2289-8077 https://journals.iium.edu.my/jiasia/index.php/jia/article/view/1176/585 https://doi.org/10.31436/jia.v20i3
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topic H10 Societies
PI Oriental languages and literatures
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PI Oriental languages and literatures
Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah
Barebwa, Nadira
Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak
description Islam has been growing quickly in the world, yet it is a predominately misunderstood religion. Othering Islam through media propaganda and western writings, and misassociating it with some assumptions are still rampant. Thus, the researcher attempts at showing these assumptions and stereotypical prejudgments of Islam and Muslims that are commonly associated with Western assumptions resulted in Islamophobia and exploring the role of counter-discourses in contemporary Black-American Fiction by analysing Umm Zakiyyah’s If I Should Speak and showing to what extent does the novel has an important role in correcting assumptions and narrating the Islamic facts. Thus, this article highlights Umm Zakiyyah’s narrative of Islam’s truth within its historical sources which are the Qur’an and the Sunnah. The paper analyses Umm Zakiyyah’s reconsideration of Islam’s truth, by focusing on the meaning of Islam and being a Muslim. To do so, this qualitative and non-empirical research is conducted in a descriptive-theoretical analysis, using the selected novel as a primary source and library and online critical materials, such as books and journal articles, as secondary reference. Based on the analysis, it is found that Umm Zakiyyah narrates Islam and Muslims to counter the West’s negative view on Islam. Furthermore, based on the story, the power of Muslim self-identification within the transparent historical knowledge based on the Quran’s perspectives leads to the conversion of Tamika Douglass, proving that Islam can be perceived positively by non-Muslims; in this case, it is represented within its subjectivity. It is found that the novel can be a tool of Islamic da’wah [call for the faith]. Hence, the Muslim writers and novelists should write and attempt to Islamise English fiction to help in solving the challenges faced by Muslims and the Ummah.
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author Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah
Barebwa, Nadira
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Barebwa, Nadira
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title Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak
title_short Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak
title_full Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak
title_fullStr Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak
title_full_unstemmed Postcolonialism, Islamophobia and inserting Islamic facts in African-American fiction: Umm Zakiyyah’s if I should speak
title_sort postcolonialism, islamophobia and inserting islamic facts in african-american fiction: umm zakiyyah’s if i should speak
publisher IIUM
publishDate 2023
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/109734/7/109734_Postcolonialism%2C%20Islamophobia%20and%20inserting%20Islamic%20facts%20in%20African-American%20Fiction.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/109734/
https://journals.iium.edu.my/jiasia/index.php/jia/article/view/1176/585
https://doi.org/10.31436/jia.v20i3
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