By Aïdah Aliyah Rasheed [caption id="attachment_818" align="alignnone" width="997"] My grandfather, Melvin Jones Jr. and my great-grandmother Bernice Jones, in San Francisco, CA, circa 1960s, (c) jones|rasheed archive[/caption] I’m embarrassed to admit there was a time in my life that I wanted to disassociate myself from my ancestral
The Nation’s 1972 call for local control of the police was not atypical. Black Sunni Muslims in urban American cities pursued similar strategies. While they may not have mounted campaigns for all-Black police forces, many initiated efforts to maintain law and order in their own
By Jamillah Karim | Khaleelah Muhammad joined the Nation of Islam in college in 1992. Instead of leaving the Nation for Sunni Islam, Khaleelah left Sunni Islam for the Nation.
By Faatimah Knight | It is sometimes noted that fasting is a peculiar kind of worship. This peculiarity comes from fasting being not so much an action as a non-action.
By Su'ad Abdul Khabeer | The black Muslim celebrations I am describing don't look much like the Hollywood version of our faith. We are part of the African diaspora, with roots in the Caribbean, Latin America and the American South.
Ramadan Mubarak! Some inspirational music for the days and nights of Ramadan 1436! Track Listing: Ramadan is Here: Suad El Amin Ramadan is Here: Native Deen Allah Did: Imam Wilmore Sadiki Come to Allah: The Whizdom Kids Best Names: Miss Undastood Allah: Khalil Ismail Grow Our Iman: Progress Theater Hamideen: The Mo'Rockin Project Sky is Mine:
By Narjis Nichole Abdul-Majid | While in this blessed month of Ramadhan that calls all Muslims to good behavior, prayer, remembrance of Allah (Thikr) and Qur’an recitation, another of Allah’s commands zakat (charity) also takes its most prominent role.
Sapelo Square is calling for submissions of photos that document being Black and Muslim during Ramadan & Eid Al Fitr. We would like to showcase the dynamic ways “we do what we do” in the African American Muslim experience.
