Why blacks adopt Islam?
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I disagree with the brothers above claiming that Blacks embrace Islam because Islam against slavery!! that's a myth, read Quran and you ll find regulations for behaving with slaves just like as matter of fact.  yes Islamic slavery wasn't based on color of skin which might be the reasons for some blacks to like Islam more.  however, it is denial to the fact that Islam establishes rules allow having sex with women-slave and enslaving others.  Go back to the history and see the Muhammed and his decendents enslaved lost of people and also they buy it right...till now there are some slavery going for the royal families and rich people.  you can see the cases of the Saudis charged in USA for slavery, one of them was a prince.\n\nBlack because they face discrimination in US and Europe, probably they think of adhere to another religion different from the majority to have their unique culture.  Islamic countries are not better in discriminations, there are discriminations based on race, religion, sex, orientation, and your public opinion.   Some groups in Islamic countries also seeked another religion as result, such as some Turkish Kurds who started to back to their old religion.   Some barbars also started to change their religion.    \n\nIslamic claims of equality is a myth and contradicting the facts that published everywhere. you can check department of state reports, or international amnesty or United Nations reports.  or Go to the constitutions of Islamic countries and see many of them apply religion as state religion or in laws have no way to let conversions from Islam to other religion.   As well as weak laws or no laws to protect against racial profilations.   openly government lunch attacks on certain groups.  such as on Palestinians Jordanians in Jordan in mid of the past century.  or attacks of Saudi Arabia on aliens.  Iran discrimination to Arabs and Kurds.  and more.\n\nRead this Article which is about Slavery in Islam, it's short:\n\nIslam's Wretched Record on Slavery\nBy Serge Trifkovic\n\nAs the recent campaign for reparations has shown, the West is still being taken to task for the fact that it used to permit slavery. But in fact the West, rather than being the origin of slavery in the world, is in fact the only civilization to have created from within itself a successful movement to abolish it. Other civilizations, like Islamic civilization, have not yet achieved this. To this day, the principal places in the world where one can buy a slave for ready cash are Moslem countries.\n\nThis should not come as a surprise, for slavery finds explicit positive support in Islam, rather than the mere acquiescence it does in Christianity. Christianity is not explicitly anti-slavery, as the long acceptance of slavery by the various churches shows, but it does not positively endorse it, either. More importantly, it was out of evangelical Christian circles that abolitionism emerged in American and Britain, and no church today countenances it. While both the Old and New Testaments recognize slavery, the Gospels do not treat the institution as divinely ordained. Christianity recognized slavery as a fact of life, as part of how the world works, as indeed it did in New Testament times.\n\nThe Koran, by contrast, not only assumes the existence of slavery as a permanent fact of human existence, but regulates its practice in considerable detail, thereby endowing it with divine sanction by revealing God's detailed will for how it should be conducted. Mohammed and his companions owned slaves. The Koran recognizes the basic inequality between master and slave and the rights of the former over the latter. To be fair, it also urges, without actually commanding, kindness to slaves, and considers a Moslem slave to be of a higher order than a free infidel. However, this does not entitle him to be set free.\n\nThe Koran explicitly guarantees Moslems the right to own slaves, either by purchasing them or as bounty of war. Mohamme
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Those who believe in Nation of Islam are NOT muslims. According to Nation of Islam there came another prophet after prophet Mohammad (PBUH) which contradicts with Islam. And they also consider blacks to be superior then all other races, whereas Islam considers every one as equal. Simple as that.
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black muslims, intelligence wins over ignorance every time.
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One reason I converted to Islam is because that I couldn't believe that a human being could be god. That is I could not beleive that Jesus was god. There are other reasons too.  Islam is good to me.\n\nLike any other religion we have people that say that they are Muslim, but don't follow the teachings and give Islam a bad name. One example in Christianity is the KKK, I personally don't believe that people in the KKK are true Christians. The same goes with Terriorist in Islam, they don't follow the teachings correctly.
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Having read Poki Poki's answer about him "Spreading" Islam, I have to comment on this.  The reason you have to try and spread Islam, is because it is like a disease.  A violent, sick disease, who follows a murderer.  Mohammed was absolutely, categorically, NOTHING to do with the one true, Living God.  He was a fraud, a violent fraud, which is where it all comes from today
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Some people in the US and Europe are influenced by these people. This shouldn't happen. Islam is not always good. The people who believe in it try to exaggerate over some issues. I think they need to know that sometimes what they do and say make no sense at all.
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slavery, freedom to vote, freedom to decide for them selves, opertunities in education and employment, housing, freedom of religion freedom to love and marry whom they choose. taking a stand is not just a black thing, they're are predjidouses against all people, the poor, the over weight, the mentally slow, people of different religions, ugly people and yes even the rich and beautiful.\nthis world is made up of predjidouses, without it, it would be a perfect world, and we all know that there is no such thing as perfect.
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A lot of Black people are Muslim, and Muslim names are often the same as Arab names.
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No. they do not. There are too many fundamental differences in their doctrines.\n\n"Traditional Islam teaches that there is only one God (Allah) and that God works through prophets rather than assume a physical form.\n\n The Nation of Islam claims that its founder, Fard Muhammad, who appeared mysteriously in Detroit on July 4th, 1930, was the incarnation of Allah (God).\n\n Traditional Islam teaches about the \nProphets: God revealed His existence to a number of prophets, including Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, who received God's final revelation.\n\nNation of Islam teaches that after the death of Elijah Muhammad, the movement has taught that he was a prophet or "messenger" of God.\n\n \nOn Race: The Qur'an says Allah created the human race "from a single male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so ye may know each other, not that ye may despise each other."\n\n The Nation of Islam elevates blacks (and often other non-caucasians) above whites, who are considered "blue-eyed devils." The NOI also believes that whites were created by a renegade black scientist named Yacub."
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First of all there were black people in the bible *shock*. One of the disciples is even refered to as Niger, which in Greek, yes Greek, this is not a misspelling of "the N-word", it means- "The Black Man". So, blacks even followed at the footsteps of Jesus when he was living. In the New Testament era, slavery was not an all bad thing. Slaves were required by law to be released at age 33, they were paid for their work and recieved the lump-sum at their release, and after they were release they became Roman citizens. It actually was a pretty good deal, assuming your "owner" treated you well, and most did from all of the accounts we have. Most slaves once released used the skills they learned and the money they made to go open their own business. Oh, and most Roman slaves were white. Also, there is a Ethiopian eunich mentioned in the New Testament, most likely he was black, and he became a Christian as well. So, Christianity and black Christians far outdates the White to black slavery you are refering to.
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Islam is a Intolorant religion.Most non Muslims move out of Muslim countries.Ask a Coptic who lives in Egypt what it is like living there.
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Because in actuality, blacks are the true racists.  They are the ones who are obviously disassociating themselves from whites by having their own groups.\n\nADD ON: It was NOT us who brought slavery to this country. \n        It was the AFRICANS themselves bringing them over,\n        and selling them as slaves to our ANSCESTORS, not \n        US!\nRead your history books!
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You need proper guidance. And a better teacher to teach you islam and its background. I dont know why non-muslims always have wrong conceptions about islam.
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Islam promotes the equality in all humankind. the noble, i.e rich people doesnt want islam to spread as their slave, or maid or whatever would demand to be freed.
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why would you want it? to change religions? you aren't Muslim, why read about it? they say if you read it then you are Muslim. i can understand wanting to study it to know , to have basic knowledge, i do not however understand wanting to change as an adult. not meant as a put down. i WANT to UNDERSTAND WHY that's all. please contact me to make me understand. educate me , please.
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Cuz blacks never owned other blacks
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To cause destabilization in the world?  To allow the muslims to spread fundamentalism intolerance around the world unchecked?  \n\nYeah, those are great reasons.