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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

incarcerated Muslims

Limited Access to Islamic Books and Conflicting Visions of Redemption in American Prisons

By Rebecca Makas  //  April 9, 2020April 28, 2020

The image of the voracious reader in prison is a powerful trope of film and literature, from The Shawshank Redemption to the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Based on the idea of redemption through education, it…

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