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Back to the Black: Are Black Muslims the new (old) face of Islam?

researcher7 years ago7 years ago02 mins

If you passed the magazine section at your local newsstand or grocery store this month you might have seen two Muslims, actor Mahershala Ali and model Halima Aden, gracing the covers of this month’s GQ and Allure magazines, respectively. This inclusion is notable in light of the Muslim Ban but also because the Muslims featured…

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Muhammad Ali’s Muslim Faith Is Being Scrubbed From His Legacy

researcher7 years ago7 years ago02 mins

Muhammad Ali is remembered as a boxing legend, an Olympian, a civil rights warrior, a humanitarian, and a trailblazer for Parkinson’s disease awareness. But one central part of his identity is missing from the official Ali Instagram and Twitter feeds: the proud, unapologetic Muslim. Islam is conspicuously absent from the Ali brand, which is owned…

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