Shakeela Hassan
Narrating Religious Freedom in the Twenty-first Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6135025 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Winnifred Fallers Sullivan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 82-105 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2643-9255 • E-ISSN: 2643-9247 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/amerreli.3.1.04 |
| OpenAlex | W4365801182 |
| Language | EN |
This essay explores the story of the religious life of one Muslim laywoman in order to thicken and nuance dominant narrations of religion and religious freedom in the US. Dr. Shakeela Hassan came to the US from Hyderabad in 1956 to continue her medical training. Settling in Chicago, she became a close friend to Clara and Elijah Muhammad as well as, after her retirement, an active promoter of interfaith understanding through sound and musical performance. The authors argue that her vision of peaceable coexistence among religious communities is profoundly indebted both to her South Asian experiences as well as to her deep admiration for the work of the two Muhammads
Admiration · Aesthetics · Art · Economic freedom · Literature · Musical · Order (exchange · Poetry · Political science · Religious freedom · Sociology · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |