Below, you’ll find a list of links to physical and digital resources for Black Muslims, including Muslims of African descent. It includes resources on grappling with anti-Blackness in mainstream Muslim communities, navigating Islamophobia in Black liberation spaces, understanding the rich tradition of Black Muslims as it relates to the foundation of the United States, and the complexity of Black Muslim spirituality.
#BlackIslamSyllabus is a robust resource curated by Dr. Kayla Renée Wheeler. She created the syllabus to provide teachers, professors, researchers, journalists, and people interested in learning more about Islam with resources on Black Muslims, in order to promote a more inclusive approach to the study of Islam.
Sapelo Square intervenes in the marginalization and erasure of Black Muslims in the public square by building an online forum that places Black Muslims at the center. Founded by Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer, Sapelo Square celebrates and analyzes the experiences of Black Muslims in the United States to create new understandings of who they are, what they have done, and why that matters.
Make it Plain! Muslims Mobilizing against Police Brutality is a group of concerned Muslims who are working to raise awareness to encourage, inspire, and support the mobilization of the Muslim community to respond to police brutality and the conditions that bring about the over policing of the Black/African American community.
Mosque for Praising Allah is the oldest mosque in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Established in the 1950's it has been a support system for all Muslims, and specifically Black Muslims. Their services include relief, marriage, courses, and a burial and Hajj committee.
Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative is a human rights education organization that educates and trains Muslim communities on issues of racial justice.
Muslim Justice League educates, organizes, and advocates for human and civil rights that are violated or threatened under national security pretexts. Founded on the principles that discrimination towards any group endangers the rights of all and that Muslim advocacy is an essential force for promoting justice, MJL engages in community education and mobilization, facilitation of cross-movement solidarity, legal advocacy, and cultivation of an environment in which pride in Muslim identity flourishes.
Muslim Wellness Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by Dr. Kameelah Rashad and is intended to specifically support Black Muslims in their efforts to navigate the stigma of mental health within intersecting identities. Every year, they host a retreat in Philadelphia called the Deeply Rooted Fellowship for Black Muslim millennials between the ages of 18-25 in an effort to challenge these stigmas and to delve deeper into the successes, struggles, and beauty of Black Muslim spiritual life. Additionally, this organization recognizes the vital intersection between immigration and Black bodies that deeply affects many Black Muslims in the United States.
United Somali Youth is an organization that specifically works to support Black Muslim youth in Boston, although most of the community is Somali, the organization uplifts the voices of inner city and refugee youth in an effort to ensure their secondary education. After school programming is available for teens ages 6-18, and continuing support for young adults ages 18-24.
Writers to Read (a growing list): Fatin Abass, Hanif Abduraqqib, Su'ad Abdul Khabeer, Leila Aboulela, Safia Elhillo, Ladan Ossan, Nayyirah Waheed
Hashtags to follow: #BlackMuslimahExcellance, #BeingBlackandMuslim, #BlackandMuslim, #BlackMuslimRamadan, #BlackinMSA. #BlackoutEid
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