By Noha AlgahimiOn the 1st of February,1960, four Black college students sat, nervous but determined, at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, patiently requesting service. As the “Greensboro Four” expected, they were largely ignored. But the next day they came back, supporters in tow. For six months they staged the same protest, drawing a larger crowd…
By kawtherinuwaShackled, beaten, and starved. This was how my ancestors were ripped from their homes, crammed onto vessels, and transported like goods to a life of tribulation and bondage. What is left of their bodies lay at the bottom of the ocean, or on land that is not home, but I pray that their souls have…
By Sahar AkbarzaiArchaeologists have recently discovered the slave quarters of Sally Hemings, a female slave who lived in President Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home, and whom Jefferson had six children with, according to many historians and DNA testing. The discovery was part of the Mountaintop Project, a $35 million project which will restore the mansion to Jefferson’s time,…
By Guest BloggerSubmitted by Lela Ali. Dear Mama, Baba, Khalto, 3amo, Tunt, and the rest of my beloved Arab Muslim community, Anti-Blackness in our community is real and it is something we have to address! Black lives have to matter to all of us. Black people are our friends, our coworkers, our teachers, our family, our…
By akhalilEveryone has most likely heard of the racist and outrageous statements said by Sheikh Hamza Yusuf at the Reviving Islamic Spirit conference. For many Muslims, his bigoted statements and fake apology were enough to make us throw his CD’s away and delete his lectures from our iPads. For those who have had enough of non-Black…
By hiraismailThe ICNA Council for Social Justice recently sponsored a billboard to go up in Baltimore City with the words “Black Lives Matter Muslims Against Racism” displayed brilliantly across it. Above the words, an array of skin tones is painted, from dark to fair, cognizant of the diversity in color that the black race engulfs. The…
