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Black American Sunni Muslims and Their Leaders, Contextually Speaking, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Black American Sunni Muslims and converts to Islam are arguably the most leaderless Muslim demographic on the face of the Earth. Can we blame that on the Muslim leaders themselves? Is anyone to blame?
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Random thoughts on Black Muslims and Black America
NON FLUFFY TRUTHS THAT PEOPLE DON’T LIKE TO READ.Yes, Black Muslims are part of the Black community, and we share their struggle. So it would seem we have reason to work together for the betterment of all. However, In my lifetime, the only thing I have seen us do with the Black community, other than…
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MALIK AMBAR, AN EXTRAORDINARY CONVERT TO ISLAM: by Imam Luqman Ahmad
Little is known by Muslims about the millions of East African slaves bought to India between the 10th and the 18th century who lived in and helped build and maintain Muslim dynasties in what we know to be modern day India and Pakistan. Many of them converted to Islam and their descendants still live in…
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Killing The Imam, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
The only time in my life I was ever attacked without warning or was sucker punched, was on November 9th 2018, by a Muslim, outside the masjid, right after salaatul Jum’ah, while I wasn’t looking. In fact, I was shaking someone else’s hand (the khateeb), when it happened. I had three broken bones in my…
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The Islamic Ruling Regarding Muslim Women Following Funeral Processions, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Al-humdu lillahi Rabbil aalameen, wa salaatu wa salaam alaa Rasoolilllah, wa alaa aalihi wa sah’bihi wa sallam Some time ago there was a death in the Sacramento area when I lived there and after the janaazah prayer, the women were told to stay away from following the funeral procession to the burial site. Among…
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The Permissibility of Visiting with your non-Muslim relatives on Christmas Day by Shaykh Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad³
The rendering of December 25th as a United States national holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus the son of Mary (AS), who Muslims regard as a prophet, and who some Christians regard as the son of God is not sufficient to invalidate any of the commands and allowances to visit your family.
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Are Black American Muslim Communities in America coming to an End?
The notion that before people became Muslim, their lives meant nothing, their relationships with family meant nothing, their memories and life experiences meant nothing and they were nothing more than American heathens, is a false notion. Even still, many fataawa (Islamic rulings by scholars) were built on this notion, and many of us believed as…
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Black American Muslims, Different but Equal. By Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Look, there is no such thing as a black version of Islam that’s still Islam. Black Muslims, converts, reverts, or any other vert, are obligated to submit to Islam, period. The same goes for any other Muslim people on the face of the Earth. Every Muslim people of every land, race and nationality has their…
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RANKING AND STATIONING IN THE RELIGION OF ISLAM. منازل و طبقات فى دين الإسلام, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
If you’re one of those Muslims who only woke up yesterday to what’s going on in Muslim America, or a novice Muslim activist, then you don’t get to come in on the ground floor and pontificate to people what’s what, like you’ve mastered the terrain, all the while you’re just joining the party. You can’t…
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Protecting Our Women During Threatening Times, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Violence against Muslim women is increasing. In the Black American Muslim communities across this nation, our women are increasingly single, unattached mothers of children, not part of communities and entirely on their own. They are subject to predators more than ever before. Some women place themselves in situations due to their lifestyles to be abused…
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