One of the most disappointing things that I remember experiencing after becoming Muslim was the realization that there is severe racism amongst the Muslims.
It was particularly disappointing to me because I (like many other converts in the mid 90’s) was told specifically by Muslims who were calling me to Islam that Muslims did not have this problem.
It was not that they were lying to me, they sincerely believed what they were telling me. But, for the most part, I don’t think that da’ees tell people this anymore. And no responsible da’ee should.
Malcolm X was only Muslim for a few short months before he was murdered, so he did not live to see many of the problems of racism we see today.
Walhamdulillah, we know that Islam is true and this is obviously not an indictment of Islam in spite of the mistakes and actions of the Muslims themselves, who are only human.
After embracing Islam, I began to see these things. One of the most telling incidents was where a five or six year old Arab child got into a fight with an African-American child, and the Arab child was insulting the African-American child with the most severe insults he could think of calling him the “son of a black womanâ€Â, “slaveâ€Â, â€Â******†and other things. I have witnessed several other similar incidents.
I was so shocked that the children learn this behavior so early in their lives, seeing children as young as four laughing at black children and already picking up the insults.
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