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Post 9/11, Islam flourishes among blacks
Reuters ^ | Sun Feb 25, 2007 | Matthew Bigg

Posted on 02/25/2007 9:30:03 AM PST by US admirer

Islam is growing fast among African Americans, who are undeterred by increased scrutiny of Muslims in the United States since the September 11 attacks, according to imams and experts.

Converts within the black community say they are attracted to the disciplines of prayer, the emphasis within Islam on submission to God and the religion's affinity with people who are oppressed...

King, who wears his hair in dreadlocks, converted after visiting Africa for the first time and in Gambia read the Koran and realized its teaching chimed with his own beliefs, not least in fighting injustice.

"For young African Americans, there is some attraction to learning about traditions that have been associated with resistance to European imperialism," said King, who has adopted the name Bilal Mansa since his conversion.

(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Philosophy; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 911; blacks; islam; religion
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1 posted on 02/25/2007 9:30:07 AM PST by US admirer
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To: US admirer

Sappers within the perimeter.


2 posted on 02/25/2007 9:31:11 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: US admirer

Probably got the idea while incarcerated.


3 posted on 02/25/2007 9:33:24 AM PST by quantim (Do not underestimate the evilness of the 'soccer mom.')
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To: Jeff Head

They probarly think they will have more freedom under Islamic laws just to get back at the Man.


4 posted on 02/25/2007 9:33:30 AM PST by Milligan
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To: US admirer
I bet a lot of them crossed over after watching those characters on OZ....
5 posted on 02/25/2007 9:34:14 AM PST by Ken522
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To: US admirer
" ... not least in fighting injustice."

So it is the violent nature he finds appealing, more appealing than the forgiveness-centered Christianity.

No wonder Islam is popular in America's prisons.

6 posted on 02/25/2007 9:34:15 AM PST by magellan
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To: US admirer

Born of pure ignorance, stupidity and laziness.


7 posted on 02/25/2007 9:34:58 AM PST by EagleUSA
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What irony. The main so-called religion that has promoted slavery for centuries is being embraced by decendants of African slaves? I'm not buying this. I think it's a back door way to get more support for the Obamanation.


8 posted on 02/25/2007 9:35:36 AM PST by isthisnickcool (Oh! The Obamanation! Durka durka durka...)
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To: US admirer

Perhaps Islam is a status symbol?


9 posted on 02/25/2007 9:35:50 AM PST by John123 (Dick Morris predicts Hitlery will be the worst president ever... I will now light myself on fire)
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To: US admirer

I'm guessing that nobody pointed out to them what Mohammed had to say about Africans, or about how the African slave trade got started.


10 posted on 02/25/2007 9:35:59 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: US admirer
the religion's affinity with people who are oppressed...

oppressed ... or oppressing ? I think he's more attracted to the oppressing part myself.

11 posted on 02/25/2007 9:37:17 AM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: US admirer

Flies are attracted to shit...and moths to the flame.

Semper Fi


12 posted on 02/25/2007 9:39:56 AM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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...read the Koran and realized its teaching chimed with his own beliefs, not least in fighting injustice.

Hmmm.

Must not have read the same edition that I did, then.

Wonder if he keeps his in the outhouse, as I do mine?

Memo to self: Contact CAIR and have them send me another free koran.

The last one they sent has been desecrated as much as I can desecrate it.

13 posted on 02/25/2007 9:40:14 AM PST by OldSmaj (Death to islam. I am now and will always be, a sworn enemy of all things muslim.)
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To: Milligan

They will discover they are quite mistaken.


14 posted on 02/25/2007 9:41:06 AM PST by Sue Perkick (...what I was born to do, don't have to think it through.....)
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To: Milligan
"They probably think they will have more freedom under Islamic laws just to get back at the Man."

Looks like you might need this:


15 posted on 02/25/2007 9:44:49 AM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: OldSmaj
No...he did read the same one. He is just openly admitting that he wants to follow the teaching of Mohammed...which teaching entail the enslavement or killing of others over Mohammed's religious dogma and (IMHO) desecration. That is what Mohammed taught, and that is what he did.

Like I said earlier...this guy now represents a sapper within the perimeter.

16 posted on 02/25/2007 9:45:53 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: US admirer

religion's affinity with people who are oppressed...

17 posted on 02/25/2007 9:47:22 AM PST by oldleft
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To: US admirer

Idiots. Muslims dominated the slave trade in Africa.


18 posted on 02/25/2007 9:48:46 AM PST by aculeus
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To: US admirer
and the religion's affinity with people who are oppressed...

It is Islam that DOES the oppressing. Seriously. Islam means submission. Follower call themselves slaves to Islam. Islam enslaves the non-believer even in the modern era.

It is the victim mentality on display that they choose to "be victims" by being profiled as terrorist threats at a time when Islamic supremacist ideology is radicalizing and muslims are training in the West for jihad (guns and workouts in the woods).

They may not "win" the battle but they can win the war. Just as socialism was not defeated along with the Soviet Union. The police, the state, and the media deny that Bishop/Bishra, Malvo, and this Salt Lake City guy were waging war on the kufir. They draw a blank as to motive.

19 posted on 02/25/2007 9:49:16 AM PST by weegee (No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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To: Squawk 8888
I'm guessing that nobody pointed out to them what Mohammed had to say about Africans

Please enlighten me. I have not heard; I looked on the internet and couldn't find anything.

20 posted on 02/25/2007 9:51:03 AM PST by Jason_b
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