Captain America (as he jumps out of the plane): There's only one God, ma'am, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.
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| How my boys dress. There's nothing wrong with it. Look at Loki's coat! So much gorgeousness! |
I can't be the only one who thought, 'No, he dresses like this:
'Now which one is sillier? Yeah. That's right. My boys wear *armour*.
Okay, ridiculousness. over. Time for the serious question. Is anyone reading this familiar with the history of Islam in the US? In the sense that they'd be able to tell me how likely it would be for someone in the 1940s to convert to Islam and serve in WWII? I may need this information for a story I'm thinking about writing. So it's not critical information or anything...
I don't think it would have been likely for someone to convert to Islam at that time. Maybe in the African American community, but even there I think Islam really arose in the 1960s.
ReplyDeleteSo unlikely, but not impossible. From what I've been reading, there was a population of Muslims in New York City (as well as other places) in the 1940s, which I can work with. This is one of those stories where plausibility can be stretched a little bit and no one is going to say boo.
DeleteIt's actually surprising (to me) how far back there have been Muslims in the US. I kind of always think of it as a more modern occurrence for some reason.
I've heard many of the slaves came from Islamic nations and some practiced their faith here. Akbar Ahmed talks of this in the book I read last year about Muslims in the US. I know what you mean about it seeming a new thing when in reality it's not. Also I've heard some of the crew with Christopher Columbus were Muslims from Spain.
ReplyDeleteYou know that makes absolute sense, in the same way that some of the slaves kept practicing their native faiths or mixed them with Catholicism. But I never think about it.
DeleteHere is an article about it with footnotes
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States