The Fire Within (INC)
A growing number of African-American men are converting to Islam while in prison. In this story you'll meet several of them, all living in a medium-security prison in Logan, Illinois, and hear how the "call of Islam" fills a silence and a vacuum in their lives.
1996 / Cecilia Vaisman / Katie Davis / Chicago Matters, Chicago Public Radio, USA
A growing number of African-American men are converting to Islam while in prison. In this story you'll meet several of them, all living in a medium-security prison in Logan, Illinois, and hear how the "call of Islam" fills a silence and a vacuum in their lives.
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Cecilia Vaisman was an award-winning journalist and cofounder of Homelands Productions.
Katie Davis is the Senior Producer of The Story, a national show that showcases first person story telling and independent work.