Black Muslims

Adam Shakoor, first Muslim U.S. judge and Rosa Parks lawyer, dies at 74

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5 black Muslims speak out on Trump’s immigration ban

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Ben Carson assumes the GOP mantle of Islamophobia with his Muslim comment

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Why the arrests of African-American ISIS suspects deserve more scrutiny

Last Tuesday, two more African-American men were arrested on federal terrorism charges for trying to join ISIS.  The FBI arrested
/ March 31, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Allen West slams Bill Cosby for admiring black Muslims

theGRIO REPORT – The recently defeated Republican congressman from Florida took issue with a recent op-ed (titled “A plague of apathy”) the comedian wrote for the New York Post…
/ June 11, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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…
/ January 15, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Black Muslim designer plucks Dominican orphan from obscurity to model in New York Fashion Week

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.
/ September 12, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

NYPD monitored where Muslims ate, shopped, prayed

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…
/ August 31, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

For African-American Muslims, Ramadan has special meaning

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…
/ August 4, 2011