Black Muslims

theGrio’s 100: Nzinga Knight, designer who is making modest Muslim fashions fabulous

theGRIO's 100 - Nzinga Knight is a black American designer whose style mixes a sense of chic born of her life as a native New Yorker with the modesty inspired by her Muslim faith...

Black American Muslim designer gives orphaned model her big break

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

Knight cast Mendez, 22, to walk in her New York Fashion Week Spring 2013 collection held last Friday at Jazz at Lincoln Center. When Knight selected Mendez to walk the catwalk, the designer had no notion of the young woman's compelling backstory.

NYPD monitored where Muslims ate, shopped, prayed

theGrio

NEW YORK (AP) - The focus was on a list of 28 countries that, along with "American Black Muslim," were considered "ancestries of interest." Nearly all were Muslim countries...

Ramadan has a special meaning for black Muslims

theGrio

VOICE OF AMERICA - As the month of Ramadan begins, many millions of Muslims around the world are joining in a collective fast intended to help purify their souls...

theGrio

Black Muslims

theGrio’s 100: Nzinga Knight, designer who is making modest Muslim fashions fabulous

Black American Muslim designer gives orphaned model her big break

NYPD monitored where Muslims ate, shopped, prayed

Ramadan has a special meaning for black Muslims

Learn about our User Panel

See What Your Friends Are Reading

Black Muslims

Learn about our User Panel

See What Your Friends Are Reading

More from theGrio