Conley, Renee video oral history and transcript

Description: Interview with Renee Conley taking place on the Ball State campus as part of the Virginia B. Ball Center Seminar Muslims in Muncie. Topics include: Conleys father Aamir Shabazz, formerly Brian Conley; Aamir Shabazzs role in bringing the Nation of Islam to Muncie; growing up in Muncie and Indianapolis; her family; how and when she started studying the Quran and practicing Islam; the book she is writing; Conleys sense of identity after converting to Islam; how she developed a sense of community with other Muslims; the diversity in the Muslim community in Muncie; the masjids in Muncie; Conleys personal practice of Islam; Muslim burials; influential scholars and teachers of Islam; the concept of jihad; the Muslim community where she lives now, in Madison, Wisconsin; and her sense of identity.
An interview from Muslims in Muncie, an hour-long documentary film that traces a half-century of Muslims community building in Muncie, Indiana, from the 1960s to 2018, as told by community members.
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Origin: 2018-02-25
Created By: Williams, Marisa
Conley, Renee
Contributor(s): Roddell, Devon M.
Agnew, Elizabeth N.
Source: http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/MuslimsMuncie/id/4
Collection: Muslims in Muncie Oral Histories and Documentary Project
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Geography: Muncie
Delaware County
Indiana
United States
North and Central America
Subjects: Oral Histories
Conley, Renee--Interviews
Islam
Shabazz, Aamir
Black Muslims
Islamic Center of Muncie
Conley, Vivian
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
Ball State University. Muslim Student Association
Islamic Society of North America
AWAKEN, Inc. (Yorktown, Ind.)
Black lives matter movement
Christianity
Christians
Conversion
Interfaith worship
Jihad
Race
Ramadan
Trump, Donald, 1946-
Zakat

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