This is a series designed to act as a resource for individuals, organisations, parents and faith leaders to educate themselves and others on pious Black Muslim figures through history. The aims is […]
Teaching Our Legacy: Black female companions of the Prophet (PBUH)
A Brief Guide for Muslim Faith leaders to tackle anti-black racism and colourism within the Ummah
This is a brief solution-based guide addressing the problem of anti-black racism and colourism within the Muslim community which proposes ways to positively counteract this locally. The PDF version can be accessed […]
Khadijah Rotimi: The politics of growing up as a Nigerian Pakistani girl
Being a mixed raced Muslim woman whose faith is automatically recognised by my choice to cover and wear the hijab, I feel like a melting pot of different identities, cultures and customs. […]
Shukri Mohamed: On Black Muslim intersectionality and Mental Health
Statistics demonstrate that one in four adults experiences at least one diagnosable mental health problem in any given year and mental health problems represent the largest single cause of disability in the […]
An Interview with author Yasmin Egala: On Jannah and growing up as a Black Muslim girl
How do you identify? I identify as British with African heritage, specifically Ghanaian heritage. What was your experience growing up as a black Muslim girl? I was born in a Muslim family […]
Mariam Ali: Black 20 somethings should be encouraged to be audacious
Immersed in conversation with my friend, we were talking about adulting, but with a twist. Feeling stuck in them twenty somethings (SZA:2017); our conversation started by what 20 somethings are forced to […]
Marzieh Hashemi released: When will the US end its flagrant violation of the rights of Black people?
“50 years after MLK assassination, US still violates the civil rights of black men and women,” the Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Monday – the US’s Martin Luther King […]
Kawthar Alli: An interview with a Nigerian Muslimah
Where are you from? London What does your name mean? Abundance and also a river in paradise How do you identify? As a Black British Nigerian Muslim Did you ever […]
