[FITZ]

Arabs are terrible racists when it comes to the Black Muslims. They for some reason will count them in when trying to proclaim the rise in conversions to islam in the USA, but then say they aren't real muslims. Blacks who turn to the Arab religion are just being foolish, they are being used.

[VOA]

Blacks who turn to the Arab religion are just being foolish, they are being used.

(Some details in the following post are mentioned ONLY to give proper context...not for a "race card".)

Maybe 20 years ago, my well-meaning mother asked me "Why are so many African-Americans
turning to Islam and becoming 'Black Muslims'?"

Seeing how my parents had sacrificed a lot to let me obtain a (science) degree from
a Christian university, I tried to give her what I thought was a decent answer.
"Mom, if your great-grandparents and preceding generations had been treated
in a shabby way by white 'Christians' for hundreds of years...I might even consider
a belief system that's very different from Christianity."

Too bad this was long before 9-11. Since then I've gotten an education on
"The Religion of Peace".
And now I think that turning to Islam is the same as "the last refuge...".