Episode 090 - Islam and the Black Community ft. Jerel and Akh

You Can't Win

Our friends Jerel and Ahk return to discuss Islam and the Black Community in America - Jerel from the perspective of revert to Islam in Texas and Akh as a first-generation immigrant. We talk frictions of living as a Muslim in America and also the opportunities it presents for the future, as well as address common topics like Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam.

Mentioned: Siraj Wahhaj, Sherman Jackson, Warith Deen Muhammed, Zaytuna College, Yaqeen Institute, Islamberg, Dar al-Islam, Iman Chicago, Muslim Mosque Inc, Organization of Afro-American Unity, Centering Black Narrative: Black Muslim Nobles Among the Early Pious Muslims by Dawud Walid, Dr. Jonathan Brown, Khaled Abou el Fadl, Amina Wadud, Imran Hossein.