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Comment on Marry A Black Muslim Brother?: Muslim Marriage Attitudes and Blackness by Zulfiqar

Zulfiqar — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:08:57 +0000

Assalaamualaykum,

I’m a African American Muslim revert & currently I’m in an relationship with an Somalian Muslim sister. I must say, her personality is so beautiful & we are very fond of one another. It seems like we have everything in common. Inshallah, I hope to marry her, however, I’m not sure how her parents would react being that some in this Ummah still adhere to blinding racist/nationalistic & tribal beliefs. I must say I am nervous, but I will stand my ground, because the bottom line is that the Sharia is the law, not one’s racist beliefs. Keep me in your Duas.

Comment on Marry A Black Muslim Brother?: Muslim Marriage Attitudes and Blackness by Amatullah

Amatullah — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:36:58 +0000

Salaams
I get so tired of seeing this as an issue amongst Muslims all over the world. Why is skin color an issue at all? Are we not all the same? Are we not all made as one species and as the human race? I just don’t get it but perhaps it’s because I was raised without prejudice as a Saudi woman in a Saudi family in Saudi Arabia. Don’t get me wrong, the KSA has many prejudices as you already know but no one around me even mentioned skin color in marriage or at all. When my sister married a Pakistani brother with brown skin…so what! When my cousin married an Indonesian brother with olive skin…so what! My family accepted them all because they were good Muslim men not because of their skin color. My sister and cousin are very happy women to this day. Now it’s my turn and I know that whomever my father and uncles choose for me that it will be because of his love for Allah(SWT) and NOT because of his skin color because I personally love all people and a Black husband who loves me and our children would make me just as happy as an Arab one! I know I am not in the norm from people I’ve met in the States but this is how my parents raised me to love Islam and its people and what skin color they were born with is just as beautiful as my own! One thing I saw very much was prejudice in Pakistani and Indian cultures amongst their own people, light or fair skinned versus brown or black skinned Indians. Shameful!! So it’s not just within race, but amongst countrymen as well! Sorry to go on and on I am just tired of this petty skin color prejudice that some people display. I love this article brother thank you!

Comment on Music And Islam: Wind, Strings And Fear of A Black Planet by Bilal Mirza

Bilal Mirza — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:15:08 +0000

I kind of like the first 2 lines of Aisha’s post. There are texts which forbid music and others which permit it. It’s important to see the reasoning behind it.

And in the end it is confusing and people are always going to differ over it. Each group having their good points. We should just follow what sounds reasonable to us and let others follow their way and concentrate on what’s more important. Remember, scholars have differed over it, therefore followers will differ too.

BTW too many scholars mention different narrations and meanings and principles which contradict each other until you don’t know who to beleive. I remember reading a book by someone Al-Kanadi. It sounded quite professional and complicated and the first time I read I was convinced that music was clearly forbidden except on eids and weddings. When I read a few years later I realised he used a principle to accuse the scholars who use analogy to allow music at other times. He claims that the well known principle is analogy can’t be used when there is an exception being made. However, him or his teachers definately use this type of analogy when referring to the hadith about dogs being permissible in exceptional circumstances, so the so called well known principle doesn’t exist anymore.

Point is it’s too hard to just trust any person no matter how qualified he may be or clever he may sound. Unless it MAKES SENSE to myself I can’t just follow these rules and opinions.

I’m tired and just babbling on I think. I’ve got too much to say on these topics, if you wanna hear it visit my site:

http://islamic-opinions.blogspot.com/

Comment on Marry A Black Muslim Brother?: Muslim Marriage Attitudes and Blackness by Nabila

Nabila — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:31:42 +0000

salam,
i would marry anyone out of my race. i am Asian, but I could easily pass for a Middle Eastern because of my skin color. If the person is worthy enough and he has a good backround, then why not? Muhammad(saw) treated Bilal like a normal person. He didn’t discriminate them and he also gave Bilal the honorable role of reciting the adhaan. Masha ALLAH !!!

Was Salam,
Nabila

Comment on Can I Marry Your Daughter? by brotherdash

brotherdash — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:52:17 +0000

Just speaking from truth I suppose. All of my poetry comes from a place of authenticity i.e. I don’t write about things I have no idea of, true knowledge of or experience with. This particular poem wasn’t so much a personal thing (I wasn’t recounting any personal experience) but it’s from stories many Black Muslim Men have experienced. But it isn’t relegated to Black Muslims as you eruditely pointed out in your comments. And that’s the beauty of poetry. The inspiration can be something specific but once a poem is relayed (read, or listened to by the audience for that poem) it then becomes YOURS. Your experiences, knowledge, circumstances go into how you interpret the poem and then it becomes YOUR truth….YOUR poem (well…the copyright is still mine hee hee) Thanks for your enlightening contributions.

Comment on Can I Marry Your Daughter? by Zaufishan

Zaufishan — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:33:04 +0000

Wow. Holy cheeses when did you write this? …July?! This is the literal meaning of superbness.

The line >”If the Prophet was Bilal would you reject your deen?” is the one to use at people with a smile. Imagine the blank faces in response. I never thought of it like that, if Jesus was ‘coloured’ (which he was, I hate that word), if Adam & Eve were ‘black’ (which they were) wouldn’t we all double take in our own racially divided mind? I think even my brain has nuances of racialism. =( You look at a white person, a black person, a brown person and instantly think ‘different… not like me…’

This poem relates to the Asian community too, in fact all cultures. Asking again & again for a straight answer when all you get is a lecture filled with religiosity. Hypocrisy.

Dude, when did you get so clever? lol Masha’Allah.

http://www.muslimness.com

Comment on Message To A Muslim Artist: The 5 W’s+1 by rissa

rissa — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:37:52 +0000

Salams Brother Dash,

Thank you for writing this. Who, What, When, and Where and definately Why are VERY important. Personally, I normally do not share what I write because I know it is very amateur. I also see others who are quite amateur as well as some who are absolutely terrible at writing (also some who sing horrible)… who are trying to become famous from what they write or sing! It is crazy. If someone’s goal is to become a “Muslim Artist” then they should consider everything that comes with holding that title… the Who, What, When, Where, and Why. Indeed!

Comment on Message To A Muslim Artist: The 5 W’s+1 by KFW

KFW — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:45:02 +0000

Assalam Alaikum Bro Dasham! Thanx 4 sharing! In brief: A very nice and rather looong article! Commentary perhaps …Good Sustenance Here. Well Needed and Highly Appreciated!

You need to write your very own ‘How to’ book: An Artistic Muslim’s Guide to the Art of Surviving In the Arts & Entertainment

Comment on Masjid Marauders by Zaufishan

Zaufishan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:31:18 +0000

Woah, a lesson learnt. New words added to mental dictionary: Marauder, those who roam to attack – we all know a few of them, and ‘Whitelandia’ ? lol. A state of mind… whitelandia.

It’s sadly a true depiction, never heard the masjid state put so forcefully. One wonders if the British masjid committees will fathom the obvious rhetoric and message in this poem. They are predominantly Asian/African in some communities and refuse to pause, listen and open up dialogue. Anything that criticises them is sent to flames. Tut, tut, tut tut.

The most thought provoking lines are: “And your body is craving local produce” > humbling, that word ‘organic’ has a completely different but identical meaning, and
“We deconstruct | Then we self-construct | With a contextualized prophetic state of mind”
Wxactly what a transformation requires. Islam and productivity reforms. The Prophet reformed.

Now then, who do I forward my complaints to regarding the sniggers from that group of men and the greasy-1-window-prayer-dungeon-with-bugs I was sent to for salah…?

http://www.muslimness.com ★

Comment on Muslim Entertainment: An Insider’s Perspective by Kimm

Kimm — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:05:50 +0000

Asalaam – I believe that the arts above any rhetoric has the power to communicate in effective and memorable ways that is why as part of my organisations charitable events we wish to use our venue to promote Muslim artists, musicians, playwrites, comedians, poets etc. After an exhausting internet search though I have been unable to figure out who and how to find these artists. We want to hold an event on monthly even weekly basis and yes we want to compensate artists but how do we find and connect with them? Please mail back with advise. JAK