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African Americans and Muslim Americans

By Zohaib Zafar
In Blog, Islam, Op-eds, Politics, Race Relations
4 Min read
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Originally published in Patheos As a Muslim-American, I am attracted to both Islam and America because of the idea inherent in both that all people are created equal. Both Islam and America have been stained by people who subvert them for their own political agendas and in America’s case, it was subverted right from the beginning. America became what it is at the expense of African Americans who...

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Ending prejudices key to stopping racial inequality

By Ahmed Khan
In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, Islam, Op-eds
4 Min read
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Originally published in The Northwestern The Richard Sherman — current cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks — saga was a complete portrayal by the media through the looking glass of Twitter and other social outlets. The excoriation that he received from them labeled him as a thug, a racially biased stereotype of the persona of an angry black man. In his words he described the use of the word...

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