The Internet has been abuzz with an apology written by comedian Azhar Usman after he attended the funeral of Imam Warith Deen Muhammad, who passed away early last week. Usman’s apology was passed around through e-mail, with people resending it and blogging it in its entirety.
Now, Altmuslim has the entire apology here: An Apology. His letter is well worth reading because of the truth found within it. Here’s an excerpt:
I want to apologize to my Blackamerican brothers and sisters in Islam. I know that this apology may not mean very much; and I know that our American Muslim communities have a LONG way to go before we can have truly healthy political conciliation and de-racialized religious cooperation; and I know that I am not the one who is responsible for so much of the historical wrongdoing of so-called “immigrant Muslims”—wrongdoings that have been so hurtful, and insulting, and degrading, and disrespectful, and dismissive, and marginalizing, and often downright dehumanizing.
Altmuslim also has an article about the achievements of Imam WD Muhammad – The Imam Who Cares.
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