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The meaning of Black
Reader comment on item: A Century of African-American Islam
in response to reader comment: Bilal was not all black. His father was an Arab, his mother a black slave.
Submitted by Sheik Melvin M. Velines-Bey (United States), Feb 3, 2014 at 10:43
I think we need to find a new term for black because Black is a color and not a race, and color is anything that has been painted stained varnished or dyed. I don't think when Human is born he was painted stained, varnished or dyed in his Mother's womb.
How can we continue to make reference to people as Black and White, why not use their Nationality this would give us a more accurate perception. Your Perception is your reality and some of us have a skewed reality when it comes down to this race system here in America.
Sheik Melvin M. Velines-Bey
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| 3 | The evil Ibn Abd-Allat and his God [91 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 26, 2014 14:04 | 213199 | |
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| 1 | Our dear Joe tells us that slavery can be humane! And half knowledge [589 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2015 07:22 | 213199 | |
| Our dear Joe is telling the Yazidi women that were enslaved and raped by Da'ish that slavery in Islam is humane [86 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2015 09:45 | 213199 | ||
| 1 | The Zanj revolt and the Arabs were the biggest traders in slaves [405 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2015 16:27 | 213199 | |
| 4 | It seems that Allah does not like black people! Oh you do not believe me? Read Q3:106 [238 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 29, 2015 07:53 | 213199 | |
| 2 | The Arabs enslaved not just black people but they also enslaved the Amazigh the Copts and Nubians and slavery in today's Saudi Arabia [335 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 3, 2015 08:31 | 213199 | |
| 6 | The bogus story of Bilal who was a slave of Muhammad and died as a slave if we are to believe the Shia [633 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 3, 2015 17:15 | 213199 | |
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| 2 | Moorish Mothers response [341 words] | Sheila Seabreeze-Bey | Jan 21, 2014 14:33 | 212711 | |
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| Documented Fact [150 words] | Sheik Melvin M. Velines-Bey | Feb 11, 2014 01:57 | 212711 | ||
| How Soon We Forget [217 words] | Sheila Seabreeze-bet | Feb 11, 2014 22:14 | 212711 | ||
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| A Few Last Words [73 words] | orange yonason | Feb 12, 2014 21:55 | 212711 | ||
| 2 | Ignorance is bliss our dear Sheila [120 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 13, 2014 17:49 | 212711 | |
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| 3 | Is Allah really omnipotent? The answer is really no [240 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 15, 2014 09:28 | 212711 | |
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| 3 | This crimes of the Arabs against the Moors aka al-Amazigh the ancestors of our dear Sheila [341 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 16, 2014 10:21 | 212711 | |
| 5 | Refuting the bogus history of the Moorish Temple from the Islamic sources and this time al-Tabari [625 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 17, 2014 12:58 | 212711 | |
| You need more references [149 words] | Sheila Seabreeze-Bey | Feb 17, 2014 15:18 | 212711 | ||
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| 5 | Infanticide in the antique and late antique world and teaching our dear Sheila the historical truth [422 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 20, 2014 09:32 | 212335 | |
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| 3 | Helping the perplexed: wikipedia and other sordid matters [565 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 24, 2014 08:28 | 212335 | |
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| 1 | Dhimmi No More Bad Research [234 words] | Sheik Melvin M. Velines-Bey | Feb 28, 2014 03:42 | 212335 | |
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