Jamilah Kolocotronis

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Jamilah Kolocotronis
BornLinda Kolocotronis
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipUnited States
Genre Islamic fiction
Notable worksEchoes

Linda "Jamilah" Kolocotronis was an American Muslim writer and former educator in American Islamic schools. Of Greek origin, she converted to Islam at the age of 23, [1] and she published several Islamic fiction novels as well as her doctoral dissertation. [2] Kolocotronis changed her first name to Jamilah when she became Muslim in 1980.

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Biography

Religious conversion

After reading the Quran "looking for mistakes and inconsistencies" she found none and converted to Islam in July 1980 (Ramadan 19, 1400), and changed her name to Jamilah. [3]

Death

Kolocotronis passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2013. [4] [5]

Books

Kolocotronis’ first book published in 1990, Islamic Jihad: An Historical Perspective remains her only non-fiction title. She was also featured in a book about female American converts to Islam, Daughters of Another Path. Kolocotronis' first Islamic fiction novel, Innocent People, was written after the September 11 attacks as a reaction to the proliferation of misinformation about Muslims in America. [6] The themes of the book include anti-Muslim actions and sentiments targeted at the characters, as well as the emotional turmoil felt by individual Muslims who were being associated with the acts of the terrorist. Her subsequent novels explore other challenges routinely faced by Muslims in America, especially converts to Islam. Kolocotronis’ Echoes Series was the second series of Islamic fiction novels to be written in English. [7] [8]

Publications

Books

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