Monthly Archives: December 2011

 Advice to a Poor Black Muslim Youth 3 Understand that the path you are on is not the path of the multitudes in the hood—or even the multitude of the Muslims.  What you see around you is not the standard … Continue reading →

Advice to a Poor Black Muslim Youth  (part 2) After making a commitment to learning your fardul-`ayn (personal obligatory knowledge), we must understand the lay of the land—and your place in it.  We live in a globalized society.  No longer … Continue reading →

(From the Autobiography of Malcolm X) “I saw that the best thing I could do was get hold of a dictionary — to study, to learn some words. I was lucky enough to reason also that I should try to … Continue reading →

I am writing this, in part, as a response to the article, “If I were a Poor Black Kid,” written by Gene Marks.  I don’t have much of a problem with the article, but I do have a problem with … Continue reading →

Why We Don’t Celebrate Christmas I wish to explain to those who are not Muslim some of the reasons why Muslims do not celebrate Christmas.  Now contrary to what many people may think, Muslim do indeed believe in Jesus—not as … Continue reading →

In-shaa’ Allah, i am going to try to get back to this article in the next few days.  It was said:   http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2011/12/12/if-i-was-a-poor-black-kid/