I just started reading here and there on this “no compulsion” site and I am highly uneducated when it comes to Islam....but I do think this blog takes the right approach in understanding what Islam is all about.
A couple of questions
Why is islam making inroads in the US prison system ?
What is the appeal to criminals?
the same question applies to the US black muslim population ( which I assume is being indoctrinated through the prison system and other places)
what is difference (if any) between Black Muslims and Islam?
more questions to come
This might be a clue:
EXCERPT:
http://genius.com/Malcolm-x-chapter-17-mecca-annotated
...Never have I been so highly honored. Never have I been made to feel more humble and unworthy. Who would believe the blessings that have been heaped upon an American Negro? A few nights ago, a man who would be called in America a `white’ man, a United Nations diplomat, an ambassador, a companion of kings, gave me his hotel suite, his bed. By this man, His Excellency Prince Faisal, who rules this Holy Land, was made aware of my presence here in Jedda. The very next morning, Prince Faisal’s son, in person, informed me that by the will and decree of his esteemed father, I was to be a State Guest.
The Deputy Chief of Protocol himself took me before the Hajj Court. His Holiness Sheikh Muhammad Harkon himself okayed my visit to Mecca. His Holiness gave me two books on Islam, with his personal seal and autograph, and he told me that he prayed that I would be a successful preacher of Islam in America. A car, a driver, and a guide have been placed at my disposal, making it possible for me to travel about this Holy Land almost at will. The government provides air-conditioned quarters and servants in each city that I visit. Never would I have even thought of dreaming that I would ever be a recipient of such honors — honors that in America would be bestowed upon a King — not a Negro.
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the Worlds.
Sincerely,
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
(Malcolm X)”
One ironic difference is that American blacks usually are unaware of the religion of those who enslaved their ancestors, and who still practice slavery.
IIRC, real Muslims use Black Muslims and hold them in contempt behind their backs.
One thing to bear in mind, a high percentage of ‘black panthers’ is muslim. Muslim terrorists prettymuch run that organization.
Many black Americans feel that Christianity was forced on them, a ‘white devil’ religion. And the Reverend Wright, for example, was a former muslim who might [via al takkiya] still be a closet muslim.
Obama was educated in muslim school in Indonesia which required all students to be muslims. He too might be ‘al takkiya’.