Jamilah Kolocotronis

Linda "Jamilah" Kolocotronis is 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 has 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.

Jamilah Kolocotronis
BornLinda Kolocotronis
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipUnited States
GenreIslamic fiction
Notable worksEchoes

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]

Books

Kolocotronis’ first book published in 1990, Islamic Jihad: An Historical Perspective is her only non-fiction title. She is 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.[4] 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 is the second series of Islamic fiction novels to be written in English.[5]

Publications

Books
  • Islamic Jihad: An Historical Perspective (American Trust Publications, 1990) ISBN 0-89259-086-6 ISBN 978-0-89259-086-5
  • Innocent People (Leathers Publishing, 2003, paperback) ISBN 1-58597-209-6 ISBN 978-1-58597-209-8
  • Echoes (Muslims Writers Publishing, 2006, paperback) ISBN 0-9767861-9-2 ISBN 978-0-9767861-9-1
  • Rebounding (Muslim Writers Publishing, 2006, paperback) ISBN 0-9767861-3-3 ISBN 978-0-9767861-3-9
  • Turbulence (Muslim Writers Publishing, 2007, paperback) ISBN 0-9793577-0-5 ISBN 978-0-9793577-0-1
  • Ripples (Muslim Writers Publishing, 2008, paperback) ISBN 0-9793577-6-4 ISBN 978-0-9793577-6-3
  • Silence (Muslim Writers Publishing, 2009, paperback) ISBN 0-9793577-9-9 ISBN 978-0-9793577-9-4

References
  1. Pamela H. Sacks: "Keeping the faith; Muslim writer reaches out to young men of Islam through novel". TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts), August 23, 2005, Pg. C1
  2. "Islamic Fiction Books". Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  3. On My Way to Becoming a Lutheran Minister
  4. "Pamela Taylor "Issues of Identity" Islamic Horizons magazine, Jan/Feb 2006". Archived from the original on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  5. Renée Warner Syed "Realistic Portrayals" Azizah magazine, Volume 5 Issue 2
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