Authors: Asra Nomani
Muslim pilgrims gather outside the prophet Muhammad's mosque in Medina, January 24, 2004.
(AWAD AWAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Entrance to the tomb of the prophet Muhammad in Medina.
(Peter Sanders Photography, Ltd.)
(Left to right)
Nabeelah Abdul-Ghafur, my mother, Shibli, Michael Muhammad Knight, me, and Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur before the march to the Morgantown mosque.
(Ron Rittenhouse)
Prayer line before the march to the Morgantown mosque. Shibli in prostration.
(Ron Rittenhouse)
STANDING ALONE:
AN AMERICAN WOMAN'S STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF ISLAM
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