What Would Malcolm do This Black History Month?
By Tariq Touré “Yo this is the Blackest history month ever!” I told my wife, Imani, after she told me that this year was a leap year. We both laughed shamelessly at each other. Black History Month was...
View Article12 Issues and Stories that Captured the American Muslim Communities in 2016
From the firing of Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins back in January for wearing a headscarf in solidarity with Muslims to the possibility of a Muslim registry with the election of Donald J....
View ArticleHijra and the Black Muslim Experience
Recent political developments in the U.S. have prompted many to reexamine the situation that Black people face. The routine extrajudicial killing of Black women and men by police has become...
View ArticleOn Black Suffering and the Legacy of Liberating Black Spirituality
Insisting on silent suffering as a requisite for salvation, on supplication as a substitute for struggle and demanding deference to dogma or to Muhammadan descendants, whose silence is indicative of...
View ArticleOn Black American Muslim Contributions to the Fabric of Our Society
Over the years, many Black American Muslims have been at the forefront of articulating Islamic thought for the growing American Muslim community. But, this seems to have changed as a dominant narrative...
View ArticleOn Malcolm X, Blackness and Muslim-ness Through the Lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates
How, are we to understand Malcolm X's legacy at a time when a prominent face of American Islam has spoken out against the movement for Black Lives even as calls for solidarity between Muslims and...
View ArticleBlack History Month – the Stories We Never Hear, Histories We Don’t Learn
Just as history is a difficult path when you’re living it, remaining in dialogue with history is also a hard climb. The slim volumes on prominent African-Americans that my grandmother collected reveal...
View ArticleCall for Submissions – Essays and Articles for Black History Month
This year we are issuing a call out for you to submit your articles and essays. What are we not hearing or not seeing? What issues are being swept under the table? What is not being covered properly...
View ArticleThe Power of (and Need for) #BlackMuslimReads
So now we are charged—I am charged—with showing the world the power of Black Muslim pens, which have been scratching out a myriad of works across centuries. The #BlackMuslimReads movement is a...
View ArticleWhat if Autism Awareness Month was like Black History or Women’s History Month?
What if the coverage and public discussion of Autism Awareness Month were to resemble that of Women’s History Month? Social media posts and local news articles would no longer feature employers...
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