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    "title": "“Giving You the Best of What God has Given You”: The Use of Yoga among Members of the Nation of Islam  ",
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    "abstract": "<p>This article provides a critical discourse analysis of interviews, speeches, social media posts, and writings produced by members of the Nation of Islam to explore how they define, describe, and use yoga in their holistic medicine practices. I argue that for Black women members of the Nation of Islam, yoga is a tool used to resist white supremacy.</p>\n<p>Muslims use yoga to reclaim their health and create new Islamicized bodies by prioritizing self-health, self-care, and physical and spiritual fitness. Furthermore, I argue that Nation of Islam members’ embrace of yoga is a result of the organization’s unique religio-racial identity which defines them as Asiatic Blacks and part of a broader pan-Asian decolonial movement. My research contributes to the growing focus on Black Muslim women’s knowledge production and creative agency.</p>\n<p> </p>",
    "language": "eng",
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        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC-ND 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "African American Muslims"
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        {
            "word": "Black-Asian relations"
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            "word": "Nations of Islam"
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            "first_name": "Kayla",
            "middle_name": "Renee",
            "last_name": "Wheeler",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Xavier University",
            "department": "Theology and Race, Intersectionality, Gender, and Sociology"
        }
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    "date_submitted": "2025-06-03T07:11:44Z",
    "date_accepted": "2025-11-27T01:00:45Z",
    "date_published": "2025-12-12T19:38:00Z",
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