Black Islam’s theology refused non-violence and made equality a prerequisite for reconciliation
Evidence
There’s nothing in our book, the Quran — you call it “Ko-ran” — that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. That’s a good religion. In fact, that’s that old-time religion. That’s the one that Ma and Pa used to talk about: an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, and a head for a head, and a life for a life[.] That’s a good religion. And doesn’t nobody resent that kind of religion being taught but a wolf, who intends to make you his meal. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 194
Categorization
- XREF: Contrast material for Aziz’s ‘Racial Muslim’ argument — shows Black Islam being raced partly through the refusal of white-expected forbearance; note the phrase ‘old-time religion’ claims an American, not foreign, lineage. — connects to: State surveillance treated militant Islam as more threatening than non-violent Christianity — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 193; Economic exclusion drove blacks to embrace Islam but could not erase race — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 198; Black nationalist Islamic movements rejected Christian slave identity as a liberation strategy — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 587 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Black nationalist Islamic movements rejected Christian slave identity as a liberation strategy
#expands(0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 587 - Black American Islam functioned as post-Reconstruction resistance to white supremacy
#corroborates(0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 231 - Nation of Islam doctrine inverted Christian white supremacy into Black racial superiority
#complicates(0.75) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 589 - Economic exclusion drove blacks to embrace Islam but could not erase race
#qualifies(0.72) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 198