Would it come as a surprise that Denmark was once the 7th largest slave dealing nation that participated in the transatlantic slave trade? For some reason, there seems to be a void […]
Ishaque Suubi Møller: Anti-blackness in Denmark
“They had the audacity to ask me if I was Muslim, when they saw me – a black woman in niqab” – Report on the experiences of Black British Muslims
Black Muslim Forum Report 2020 Executive Summary 100 self-identified Black Muslims were surveyed between June and December 2019 Participants were asked 7 questions: 4 multiple choice, 3 long answer Data was analysed […]
#BuyBlackandMuslim during COVID-19
As salaamu alaykum! Hope you are all staying safe and healthy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In most US cities, non-essential businesses have been asked to close in order to […]
Black Women’s Bodies in Italy: an exercise of power and pleasure for Italian Patriarchy
Anti-blackness in the context of Black Women’s experiences in Italy. Over the last five years in Italy, a number of high profile cases of anti-blackness in the public arena has come to […]
Black Sunni & Shia Youth Workers come together for Youth Work.
In these times of division, hatred and sectarian issues among British Muslims in the 21st century, it’s refreshing to see forward thinking people going against the wave. We are here to heal […]
Rise in Power Nathaniel Woods
This was the poem our brother Nathaniel Woods left behind which has been published on The North Star: “Had they and I but metAt some old residence in EnselyHad they put their […]
“Blacklash” and the case of Asayel Slay: Injustice and hypocrisy in Saudi Arabia
Nicki Minaj and Saudi’s attempts to modernise In July 2019, world famous rapper Nicki Minaj pulled out of her planned headline performance at Jeddah World Fest music festival in Saudi Arabia due […]
Rashid Rose: The over-representation of Blacks in the Mental Health System
The majority of Caucasians believed Africans to be inferior (Billinsley 1968) with the Encyclopaedia Britannia (1884) defined the word Negro as referring to Africans who “occupied the lowest position of the evolutionary […]
