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The show developed out of a youth program for Muslim girls called Together Sisters. [2] The podcast is created by nine black Muslim women. [3] The show does interviews with Muslim women. [4] [5] The show started its third season in Spring of 2023. [6] Muna Scekomar is one of the shows founders as well as an editor and producer for the show. [7]
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, author, entrepreneur and Olympic medalist.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, the first American Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal, [1] and the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the sabre event, when she won bronze in the women’s saber team event.
The conversion of Malik el-Shabazz (better known as Malcolm X) in 1964 is widely regarded as the turning point for the spread of orthodox Sunni Islam among Black American Muslims. Encouraged to learn about Sunni Islam after his departure from the Nation of Islam, he converted; others from the Nation of Islam soon followed.
I don’t think people usually envision a Muslim woman in that space. I think that the main challenge is having those conversations and getting people to a place where they stop seeing me just as a Muslim, but a fellow American and person of faith. Being Muslim and being American are compatible and go hand in hand.
Islam in the African diaspora; Historically, the term was specifically used in reference to black nationalist organizations that describe themselves as Muslim. Some of these groups are not considered Muslim by adherents of mainstream Islam. [1] These organizations include: Nation of Islam; Moorish Science Temple of America; United Nation of Islam
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Black Muslim Leadership Council (BMLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to policy advocacy, voter turnout, civic education, and leadership development. It is focused largely on the needs [ 1 ] of the Black American Muslim community.