Islam Archive

  • Imam Anwar Muhaimin

    NPR Asks How & Why Blackamericans Are Drawn To Islam

    National Public Radio recently did an interview of Imam Anwar Muhaimin of Masjid Quba here in Philadelphia [ma sha'Allah, nice picture Imam Anwar!], my wife, as well as yours truly, asking how and why Blackamericans, despite the phenomenons of 9/11 and more recently, the FBI...

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  • Bebop, Islam and the Promise of a Dignified Existence in Jim Crow America

    Bebop, Islam and the Promise of a Dignified Existence in Jim Crow America

    The following is a short paper that I wrote on the relation between Islam and Blackness and the draw between the two back in the early part of the 20th Century. I hope to have the time to post a few more ruminations, but at...

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  • Applying Rouge

    Applying Rouge

    “It is good to carry some powdered rouge in one’s sleeve. It may happen that when one is sobering up or waking from sleep, his complexion may be poor. At such time it is good to take out and apply some powdered rouge.” – Yamamoto...

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  • Lecturing At William Penn Charter School

    Lecturing At William Penn Charter School

    Many thanks to Thomas and his class at the William Penn Charter School – an educational institution built on Quaker values, for inviting me out to speak on Islam again. I have spoken before at William Penn and am always impressed with Tom’s class. This...

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