Black Muslims
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Black Muslims may refer to a number of different religious and ethnic groups.
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[edit] Black nationalist movements
Some use the phrase to describe any person who is both Black and a Muslim, but Muslims are unlikely to do the same. Within Islam, race-based distinctions are supposed to be irrelevant. This is because Islam teaches equality, whereas unlike traditional Islam, the Nation of Islam preaches the divinity of Black people. This group's ambiguous relationship with traditional Islam necessitates distinguishing phraseology.
For example, Black Muslims is a phrase often used in the United States of America to denote members of Louis Farrakhan's separatist Black-nationalist movement, the Nation of Islam.
Other Black nationalist movements trace their origins to the Nation of Islam.
[edit] Mainstream Muslim movements
After the death of his father, Warith Deen Muhammad broke away from the nationalist teachings of the Nation of Islam.
However, other groups have also appeared, such as the Black Muslim group formed by Yusuf Bey in Oakland, California, in the 1960s. Bey also founded Your Black Muslim Bakery, which is associated with his group. Bey died on September 30, 2003.
Today, the vast majority of Black Muslims are not members of the Nation of Islam. Rather, many Black Muslims follow a number of local religious leaders who may or may not be Black, such as Siraj Wahaj.
[edit] List of Black Muslims
The following is a list of some prominent Black Muslims, fitting some of the definitions above:
- Dr. Sherman Jackson, scholar
- Siraj Wahaj, preacher
- Warith Deen Muhammad, leader, American Society of Muslims
- Zaid Shakir, scholar associated with the Zaytuna Institute
- Elijah Muhammad, co-founder, Nation of Islam
- Malcolm X, Minister, Founder of Muslim Mosque Inc., Civil Rights Activist
- Louis Farrakhan, current leader, Nation of Islam
- Freestyle Fellowship, several members are so called 'Black Muslims'
