AAPTIS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Islam In The United States, Dawah, Trap House
12 May 2016
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Maulana haroon grew up in an island amongst the caribbean islands, an island ignorant to the acceptance of islam. In 1973, the country was blessed with the arrival of a muslim man who preached about islam. After learning about islam from the muslim man, haroon converted and was the second man out of the island to be a follower of islam. Haroon spoke about how the island was composed of christians, though not religious, they still believed in one god. Like what we learned about arab/muslim stereotypes in class, Haroon claimed that many people of his island, including him, believed muslims were terrorists and they demonized islam, claiming that it was a religion of malice and anger instead of peace. Haroon claimed that before he adopted islam he spent days locked in a trap house , getting high and blaring raunchy music, wasting his life away. He associated with crews that controlled the slum neighborhoods and menaced innocent individuals.
