February 2025 Blog Posts (16)

Berlin, Germany – The plaque that marks 77 William Street, the building in the German capital where a meeting that forever shaped Africa’s fate took place, is different.

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Without Sanctuary 

Without Sanctuary is a collection of photographs documenting the tragic history of lynching in America. The collection emerged from James Allen’s deep interest in American history and culture. While researching, Mr. Allen discovered that photographs of lynchings were disturbingly common, yet their historical significance and impact had not been widely studied.

OPOW. …

Before Central Park was created, the landscape along what is now the Park’s perimeter from West 82nd to West 89th

Street was the site of Seneca Village, a community of predominantly African-Americans, many of whom owned property. By 1855, the village consisted of approximately 225 residents, made up of roughly…

On Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz

All over the globe, and particularly in the u.s., people will be honoring the life and commemorating the assassination of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz/Malcolm X tomorrow on the 21st. 

In an article he posted on 2-19-2025, Ajamu Baraka – Editor of Black Agenda Report and renowned social justice activist – included the following quote of El-Hajj Malik: …

From Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to the U.S. penitentiary in central Florida, those who fought for decades for the release of Turtle Mountain Chippewa activist Leonard Peltier celebrated former President Joe Biden’s decision Monday to grant him clemency.

“Tears of joy. Tears of joy,” said Ivis Long Visitor, a 70-year-old Oglala Lakota man who was at the scene of the June 26, 1975, shootout between members of the American Indian Movement and two FBI agents. “I’m so…

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. Our beloved brother Ibrahim Lumsden has returned to Allah. Please make dua'a for him

and his family. May Allah forgive him of his sins and accept him into the highest paradise. His janazah will be Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM, Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam.…

The early Muslim in America did not necessarily come through the Nation of Islam.  Many came through the door of Islam

as practiced all over the world.  Praying five time a day, fasting during the month of Ramadan, paying Zakat and performing the Hajj.  

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The Overlooked Legacy

by Habeeba Husain

Contrary to popular belief, Muslims have been in America from its very beginning. Founding father Thomas Jefferson even had his own copy of the Quran! Many of the Africans forcibly brought to the United States through the Atlantic slave trade came from Muslim backgrounds. From the get-go, black Muslims have had a…

The Unchecked Influence of Wealth in Politics: An Islamic Perspective By Imam Nadim Sulaiman Ali

By:  Imam Nadim S. Ali

The recent moves by the Trump administration can be summed up as the culmination of Citizens United a ruling by the Supreme Court that stated spending money on politics is a form of free speech and protected by the First…