On this day, February 21st, 55 years ago El-Hajj Malik Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X, was gunned down and killed in the Audubon Ballroom
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Click here For PDF For many Muslims, Bilal b. Rabah, is the typical starting point of conversations about blackness and social marginalization. In the present,
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By Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali Translated by Abdullah bin Hamid Ali With the Name of Allah, All-Compassionate, All-Merciful All praise is due to Allah, The
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