Ever seen a Japanese Jehovah's Witness?
I did. Twice.
I was waiting at the bustop since my car told me she wasn't going anywhere today (temperamental ass), and this older Japanese lady starts talking to me about them. I didn't know there were only 6,000,000 of them.
Prince is one now. Michael Jackson is not anymore.
But this is not the can of worms.
I have questions for those who are black muslims or anyone who has some knowledge about what they be thinkin bout.
Okay, is Black American Islam different from regular Arab Islam?
If it is not different, then I pose another question.
Black Muslims like to point at Christians and ridicule them for practicing a slave religion, praying to a white God/Jesus, etc etc, right? But if you loook through history, muslim Arabs had African slaves too, and the Trans-Sahara slave trade was a whole 'nother notion of brutal. Arab Muslims came in peace too, to spread Islam too, and wound up enslaving Africans...
So, what exactly makes Islam any better than Christianity, if we are to break it down in that context?
Just something I was pondering late tonight...
Posted by maximillian at December 8, 2003 11:30 PMgood questions...
i found some stuff on the web...
http://www.answering-christianity.com/equality.htm
http://www.answering-christianity.com/why_slavery.htm
apparently slavery justified by Islam was better than American slavery that was supposedly justified by the Bible?
Posted by: martha on December 9, 2003 01:29 AMAlthough the author of the site is highly bias, Martha has provided a nice link that supports the theory that Islam did gradually end the Trans-Sahara slave trade.
Posted by: nexy on December 9, 2003 09:40 AMWhite man's religion my azz..
Jesus was black (don't forget that whole hair of lambs wool, and feet of burnt brass) He probably had a serious afro and looked like lenny kravitz. (aight im wrong for that one)
Majority of the bible took place in northern africa, and what is now Taliban country.. No white folks over there, except the itallians/europeans who swooped in, colonized, and took over everybody's shit, kinda like the way they did every where else, and are still doing today..
Anywayz us/black folks were the bibical characters, first christians, and founders of civilization.. nuff said
Posted by: Pam - Reddy on December 9, 2003 10:39 AMrotflmao @ ever seen a jap jehovah witness.
Posted by: lashundra on December 10, 2003 01:22 PMGenerosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Posted by: Lee Little Wing on January 21, 2004 07:38 PM