Black Muslims

British  

noun

1. Official name: Nation of Islam. (esp in the US) a political and religious movement of Black people who adopt the religious practices of Islam and seek to establish a new Black nation

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Black Muslims Cultural  

1. A radical movement for Black Power that reached a peak of influence in the United States during the 1960s, partly under the leadership of Malcolm X. Members rejected Christianity as a religion of white people and embraced Islam. Like many other Black Muslims who took new names, the boxer Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali to join the movement.

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Black Muslims

Kaya thinks there needs to be more representation to make Muslim spaces more inclusive for Black Muslims.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2021

“Mainstream media generally ignores Black Muslims, even though everyone loves Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021

Arab, South Asian and Black Muslims, they might all be Muslims to an outsider, but from the inside it's often different.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2020

Johnson wouldn’t have come within a mile of the Black Muslims.

From The Guardian ● May 15, 2018

One day, as we were leaving for home, he had called out to the chart sergeant at his desk, “Salaam aleikum”—the phrase with which Black Muslims were always greeting each other solemnly.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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