Beyond Bilal: Black History In Islam

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After that I did an American tour with that series and through discovering the rich histories of Islam in the Americas, I wanted to expose that to the UK because we usually think of blackness and Islam as starting with Malcolm X and we don’t really know anything that happened before that. She was honoured by being the wife of a martyr and mother of a martyr, as her husband was killed in the Battle of Khaybar, and her son, Ayman, in the Battle of Hunayn. Follow LSE public events on Twitter for notification on the availabilility of an event podcast, the posting of transcripts and videos, the announcement of new events and other important event updates.

In Islamic history in general, Luqman’s Blackness is always linked with slavehood and it is the same kind of language when we speak of Sayyidina Bilal. the global history of Islam […] is a story that cannot and did not exist without these black prophets, sahaba, scholars, warriors and saints’ p.This came about after several teams across the University championed the definition, and the University community led on several awareness-raising discussions that took place during Islamophobia Awareness Month in 2021. From the eighth century onwards, the Muslim townsfolk of North Africa were well aware that fifty stages away across the desert to the south lay a land inhabited by black people which was the source of gold, ivory and slaves.

I also appreciated the mention of the geneology of some members of the Ahl al-Bayt, the Prophet’s family, Briggs contending that some of the Shi’i Imams were indeed black/dark-skinned. The University recently adopted the working definition of Islamophobia developed by the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims alongside the guidelines from the Coalition Against Islamophobia. Ustadh Mustafa also answered questions from the audience and other topics discussed during this event include studying the Islamic scholarship in west Africa, the descriptions of the Ahlul Bayt, the transatlantic slave trade, female Islamic scholarship, Islam in the US and in modern history, Black empowerment movements, and more. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. For example, you can find this rhetoric among diaspora Somali community that they are not part of this Blackness movement, it is part of a decolonial marxist agenda and it corrupts young minds.

In support of Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM), this November the University will be running several events to raise awareness of Islamophobia as well as highlight the positive contributions of Muslims in the UK. I also enjoyed reading about Sayida Zaineb and the role she played in propagating Islam through her settlement in Cairo. Usama ibn Zayd (ra) too was honoured by being appointed by the Prophet (saw) himself, as the commander of the army against the Byzantines, despite his youth, paving the way for the expansion of Islam into the Levant and Egypt. Julaybib (ra) teaches us the lessons of being beloved in the sight of Allah and His messenger (saw).

Though I’d heard of these theories before, the historical eye-witness accounts Mustafa includes leave little doubt that about the presence of West Africans in the Americas long before The Transatlantic Slave Trade. Bringing together various art forms, we gather to examine how the representation of African and Caribbean people has changed over time, to celebrate the achievements we have made, and to explore Afrofuturism. The book begins with a discussion on the Blackness of figures such as Luqman and Musa ('alayhissalaam) - and positing even 'Isa ('alayhissalaam), though this particular argument wasn't particularly strongly bolstered imho - and moves on to how Islam was introduced to Africa, the glorious eras of Islamic African dynasties, and finally to Islam in America. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336, VAT Registration Number GB 592 9507 00, and is acknowledged by the UK authorities as a “Recognised body” which has been granted degree awarding powers.Oxford ACS Black History Month Showcase: IMPRESSIONS 18:00 on Monday 29th October at Mansfield College. In)tolerant Ottomans: Polemic, Perspective, and the Reading of Primary Sources with Dr Claire Norton, Associate Professor of History, St Mary’s University, Twickenham on 25 November. This ultimately encouraged an endorsement of a formal proposal by the Edinburgh Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the University Executive.

Representation The SU represents students in a variety of ways, from our eight campaign groups to our annual leadership elections!Some of the historical theories presented regarding the possibility of West Africans having travelled and settled within the Americas before Christopher Columbus were also really interesting. Though I would have liked more references to have been included in book to enable further reading, this is something that could easily be rectified in a future edition. He was derided by his own society, due to his outward appearance, but was beloved to the Prophet (saw) and was gifted the death of matyr. You can read the latest news and updates for University Staff on the Staff News webpages, or follow on Twitter.