The Call of Bilal

“A major contribution to the literature on Islamic and diaspora studies.” — CHOICE

“A vivid portrait of the diverse Islamic practices of African-descended Muslims dispersed around the world.” — Contemporary Islam

“[This] nuanced analysis of the complex history and diversity of diasporic African Muslims' religious practices offers a much-needed corrective to monolithic narratives about Islam and Muslims.” — Religious Studies Review

“Curtis IV’s simple and wonderfully written text tellingly described and captured the stories of selected African diaspora communities.” — Islamic Studies

“This unique and valuable study of global Islam in the African diaspora is a compelling example of scholarly erudition, creative analysis, and original research wed to a synthesis of wide-ranging scholarship on the subject. It is refreshing to read a study of Islam that is concerned with its contemporary formations and that engages with important issues beyond those of religious violence.” — Sylvester A. Johnson, Northwestern University

“A vital intervention in the field, The Call of Bilal creatively and successfully engages Islamic studies as well as African diaspora studies. Features exactly the right balance between ethnographic material and analysis in a much needed conversation on the intersections of race and Islam, a crossroads of fields, arguments, and debates that has until now been insufficiently explored in its global dimensions.” — Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill