Monday, October 12, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Brendan Goldman: Black Nationalism Provides Foundation for African-American Islamist Movement - '...Since abandoning the Nation Of Islam and turning to orthodox Sunni Islam, most African-American Muslims have mitigated their anti-Western and anti-Semitic ideology. However, the danger of Islamists who seek to take advantage of black nationalism's legacy of intolerance remains. It is therefore imperative to marginalize fringe Islamist elements of the African-American Muslim community and empower those who seek personal fulfillment, not political dominance, in their Islamic faith.' [Bonus question: Why did the Muslim Brotherhood build their mosque in the Roxbury section of Boston?]
