Islam and Racial Maters

Key takeaways from our community calls

So last week I joined the greenfaith community call, and we discussed about religion perspetive on racial maters and social justice. This call is part of honor and remembering #GeorgeFloyd.

As an opening remark, Mbak Nana delivered a speech about an Islamic point of view about humanity and unity.

Here are some quotes, refering to Quran, prophet speech and malcolm x letter:

“O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you nations and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of God is the most righteous of you.” (Qur’an 49:13)

“The believers are but brethren, therefore make peace between your brethren.” (Qur’an 49:10)

I love this quote from Prophet Muhammed’s final sermon: “All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor does a black have any superiority over a white except by piety and good action.”

**Letter from Mecca**
"There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white. During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug - while praying to the same God - with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan and Ghana." (Malcolm X)