There has been, in my mind, a growing trend in Black America for the last 40-odd years: the rise in secularism amongst Blackamericans. By this I refer to the increasing tendency for Blackamericans to make religion, be it Islam or Christianity, irrelevant to their daily lives, public or private (I say private as [...]
:: February 13, 2010 ::
If You’re Not Part of the Solution, You’re Part of the Problem
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:: December 2, 2009 ::
It Wasn’t Meant To Go This Way
The above seven words say so much about the state of Islam in the world today. More immediately, they describe a despondent viewpoint of Muslims in Switzerland, who, after having high hopes that the Swiss would embrace them as one of their own, had that hope dashed on the rocks in a vote of 57% [...]
:: November 26, 2009 ::
African American Muslims and Their Social Purgatory
Hat tip to Khalifa for passing this on. And while we may be occupied with more-than-earthly matters today, perhaps we can take a look at this over the next couple of days and reflect upon it. I have a few thoughts of my own I will share on it shortly.
“When you control a man’s thinking [...]
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:: August 3, 2009 ::
Participation and Maintenance in Cultural Belonging and Development
For our consideration:
“A third possibility is that we can value a culture because we have participated in its maintenance or development. Here we value it because its reproduction is a product of our efforts. So, for example, by participating in black rhetorical repartee – what Gates calls the vernacular art of signifyin’ – one contributes to [...]
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Tags: american islam, cultural maintenance, cultural participation, signifying
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