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The black people

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in the USA were considered savage wild people who have no history

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everything you are,we hate you

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the Africans had knowledge of themselves

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you can suffocate that knowledge 

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with any false suffocation of knowledge you decide

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once you can stop me from acknowledging myself,then you can tell me those lies

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I'm not black!

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In the early years of the 20th century

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is recorded that there were churches that they could put pieces of pinewood 

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at the entrance to the church and they had fine combs

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and they said,if your skin is not lighter than this wood

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and the comb cannot pass easily through your hair

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then,you are not eligible to enter this church for communing with the lord

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It's also recorded that there are religions that say that there are people are born

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into a cast of untouchables and they are considered the lowest and most despicable of society

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and there's no way for them to elevate from that level within their lifetime

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it's recorded that there are religions that say

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that there's a race of people 

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that are the chosen ones and others cannot be the chosen people of God if they were not born into that race

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Races,as we can see,past and present,

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it's something that was institutionalized and became systemic and it's epidemic,

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that unfortunately we are still affected by it today

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we consider ourselves advanced societies and civilized people and

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then we find that there's strong resurgence of this disease in our modern times

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we find that hate crimes are on the rise in a number of developed nations

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and this is something which is unacceptable

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Today I will share with you the Islamic solution to this ugly disease and the Islamic perspective on Racism

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Throughout history,people illogically tried to persuade themselves that they are superior to others

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Sometimes claiming that they were physically stronger

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or that they were more intelligent or that they were superior due to their lineage and family

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Often this was made based on color or race and this blatant Racism

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Now,when you talk about race 

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you have the 'ism'word,Racism

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socialism,capitalism,liberalism;

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this 'ism'actually is just a feeling.

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Now,let me share what God Almighty said about race

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in the Holy Quran,the final revelation,that was revealed by Allah

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to confirm what was revealed in the Old and New Testament,the Torah and Injil

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Allah said:

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"Oh mankind,we created you from male and female and made you nations and tribes so you know each other"

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Now,Allah is telling us and 

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reminding us that we are all mankind,you and me

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 weather we are Muslims or not,as long as we are human beings Allah is talking to us

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Oh people,oh mankind,indeed We (Allah)created

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who had created all of you from one male and one female,

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Adam and Eve

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Then,Allah said:

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"And We made you into nations and tribes (race)…"

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Allah again remind us that in the beginning of the creation there was no race

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there was only Adam and Eve and the children of Adam

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we are all a big family,we are all children of Adam

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The Prophet (pbuh)said

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"People are from Adam and Adam was made from dirt

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he Prophet (pbuh)said

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"People are from Adam and Adam was made from dirt

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he continued saying,'there is no superiority of an Arab over non-Arab person,

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he continued saying

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there is no superiority of a white person over black person and vice versa,

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except for Taqwa

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except if you look at the level of piety,

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God consciousness

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So,in Islam the only virtue of a person over another,that the Prophet (pbuh)described

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and also that Allah Almighty had described within the Book (Quran),

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is the measure of Taqwa,God consciousness

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Allah then,give us the correct criteria,what is that we should use

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to determine that someone is greater than someone else,what we should use

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to determine that someone is superior to someone else?

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Allah says:

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"Indeed,the most honorable amongst you

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is the one that has the most God consciousness (piety,righteousness)"

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and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh),said,pointing to his heart,

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"Piety (taqwa)is here"

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piety is in the heart,it's not something that people can see

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And in another narration,Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), 

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informed us that Allah indeed doesn’t look at our physical form

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and He doesn’t look at the wealth that we possess,it's not about what race we are

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it's not about our economic status,

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but rather,Allah will look at our hearts

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what intentions do we have,what beliefs,and He we look at our actions

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 and deeds as a result of those intentions and those beliefs

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This is the true criteria,the criteria that people cannot use to judge one another

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cause no one knows what is in other person's heart

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Why Allah created so many races 

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and colors 

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and languages?

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Allah Almighty knows what humans will be demanding

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imagine Allah created in the ocean only tuna fish

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I don’t think anyone of us would enjoy eating only tuna fish and Allah created

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 so many different types of fishes 

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so that we can have a choice

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to look at the creation of Allah,

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to appreciate and understand the creation of Allah

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these differences are not for you to compete

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but these differences are for you to be thankful to Allah

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so Allah says,"I've made you into tribes and races…

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"for what?

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to fight against each other?

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To say,I'm white better than the black?

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and Arab better than a non-Arab?

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No!!

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Allah Almighty said:"To know each other

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"the reason I made you different you complement each other

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Islam is here to provide equality so everybody has equal rights

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Just a few decades earlier,not too far from the death of the Messenger (pbuh)

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after the Prophet (pbuh)inculcated these meanings within the society

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we have the example of Attaa'ibn Abi Rabah,

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he was a person black in color he got one eye,

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and he was also partially paralyzed

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and later on in his life,Attaa'also lost his other eye,

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so he became fully blind he also was a poor person,he didn’t have money

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he slept in the mosque for 20 years,cause he was very poor

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he was a person that during the time of Al-Hejjaj who attacked Makkah

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his hand got cut off as well.All of these things that bring a social stigma to a person

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the skin color,the blindness,the hand cut,

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and also poverty;all these things did not stop him

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in a society that was nurtured within the prophetic culture

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that did not stop him from becoming a person of value in the society.

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Because Prophet Muhammad,pbuh,said no to discrimination and taught us to do the same thing

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(Attaa')became the mufti of the Haaram 

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he the mufti of Makkah

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He became the one who gave the religious verdicts in Makkah

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he became a scholar,giving fatwa and guidance,in the time

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which the largest gatherings of Muslims occurred in Makkah

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there would be a caller who announced aloud,

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he would said: 'No one should give fatwa to the people except for Attaa',

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despite he was blind,poor and his skin color was black and he was also cripple

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a caller calls all the Muslims that gathers for Hajj and says 

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nobody is to give fatwa to the people excepts for Attaa'

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This was the culture that the Prophet (pbuh)brought and that was the clear change 

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that the Prophet (pbuh)brought

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We have an example in the life of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

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where we find that when one of the companions wanted to disagree

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when there was an argument with one of the fellow Muslim

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He tried to insult him based on his mother and the race he was from

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and that man went and complain to the Prophet (pbuh) and the Prophet (pbuh)ask him if he was an Arab

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and had noble lineage and he was asked 

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'did you insult him cause of his mother and based on who his mother is?

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he said,'yes,I did,oh Messenger of Allah'

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He said,'then you are a person that still has traits of the people of pre-Islamic ignorance'

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meaning:sometimes we are victims of our upbringing

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unfortunately human beings love to segregate and divide and love to say is 'us'and 'them'

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and love to hate one another;

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and we end up raising people on that weather is our own children 

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or the society around us or the education system

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and a person becomes tinted with that filth of racism and discrimination

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so,the Prophet (pbuh)told him,you are not fully purified from that,so

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that means that you have to take steps to re-educate yourself 

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and to change your beliefs and your words and your actions

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to reflect the proper behavior,and that is the behavior of a person that does not hate others

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based on their race or nationality or based on their tribes,lineage or their origins

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We should love each other and share things together

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and try our best and make this life in this world very peaceful ideal for us to live and grow

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,and if,we,Muslims believe that Islam is the best

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Islam is for everybody.So,we must not discriminate other person because of his race

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When the Quran speaks about race,

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speaks about one race,the human race

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Allah says,

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"And We did honored mankind"over any other race

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and that includes all the colors,races,ethnicities,languages and tribes

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that there are amongst mankind

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and Allah Almighty's Messenger (pbuh)addressed his followers and companions

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in the farewell pilgrimage,and he said."Oh Mankind,your God is One!

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and your father is one (Adam),

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there's no distinction for an Arab over a non-Arab

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nor for a white person over a black person,nor for a black person over a white person

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except through piety"

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and piety,again,

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is something that is internal and related to the person's faith to Allah

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Islam came to eradicate Racism

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Yet we must admit that racisms is a problem within many Muslim societies

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but it's perhaps the reminiscences and evil that colonialism brought with it

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because Allah's Messenger (pbuh)came to eradicate racism and discrimination

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The Prophet (pbuh)said, And the most honorable amongst you

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are the ones that are most pious"