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"As people from across the world, we believe Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, and the doctors caring for people in Gaza deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for their work."

"As people from across the world, we believe…

Sheikh Abdur Rasheed Hadiyatullah was also one of the founding member of the Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta.  We will miss our brother tremendously.

Salatu Ghaib will be performed on Friday, May 2, 2025 immediately after Jummuah prayer at Al-Farooq…

He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember

Occasion: Meeting sponsored by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society, Rochester Hall, Rochester, N.Y. To illustrate the full shame of slavery, Douglass delivered a speech that took aim at the pieties of the nation -- the cherished memories of its revolution, its principles of liberty, and its moral and religious foundation. The Fourth of…

Origins

The red, black, and green Pan-African flag designed by the…

Editor's note: In time for the 90th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Riot on May 31, 2011, here's the story of a sad

chapter of American history, pulled from The Root's archives.

In 1921, Greenwood, a successful, all-black enclave in Tulsa, was the site of the deadliest race riot in U.S. history. For the inhabitants of "the Black Wall Street," life would never be the…

Ajir Kofi Bilal Mahmud is one of the original founders of The Atlanta Mosque (1977) and has been a Board Member since its inception.  He is a US Marine Corp veteran and freelance photographer and reporter with several blogs and websites, documenting Islam in America. Mahmud is also an associate of AABJ (Atlanta Association of Black Journalists)

  He was critical in negotiating the purchase of the original property at 442 14th Street, attending and…

There comes a time in every man's life when he has to stand for something that he believes in  from the depths of his

heart.  That stand may cost him everything he possesses in this life.  He can only do this when be truly believes that the hereafter is better than this life.  This stance is demonstrated in the life of our beloved brother Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.

  We Must All Stand For Something:  …

54 year journey of Bilal Mahmud

March 10, 1969...

56 years ago today, this young man went out from Roanoke Rapids NC to see the world... It has been a magnificent journey thus far... stay tuned and stay safe...

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The episode traces the origins of the Islamic Party in North America (IPNA) within the African-American Muslim community

. It looks at the transnational links with the Muslims in Pakistan, Libya, and other countries, that have contributed to developing ideas within the IPNA. Imam Griggs talks about the relationship between the Nation of Islam and IPNA, the importance of Malcolm X, and the connection with the Muslims in the Caribbean. The IPNA was mostly active in the…

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: …

My 3 Sons

I am a revolutionary black female nationalist: A womanist analysis of Fulani

Sunni Ali's role as a New African citizen and Minister of Information in the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Africa

by Gaines, Rondee, Ph.D., GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2013, 261 pages; 3560080

Abstract:

Comrade  Lumumba…