Before 9/11, what did you know about Islam?

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Honestly? I knew a fair amount since my parents weren't from the USA and had a generally more world view about the USA and put me up on game about other beliefs but this was still when the internet wasn't what it was and it was hard to get real time information without essentially reading tomes of information on primary subjects

I just ask because right now it seems like everyone is an expert













Still not a fan of islam though

 

[Kwéyòl]

mom grandma and uncle and aunts are FORMER mooslims

 

[Unknown Poster]

I knew about black muslimd like Saayid from OZ and that Mike Tyson studied Islam when in prison pre 9/11 but that was it.

 

[cheek100]

Before 911 Muslims were outgoing and proud. Always displaying anything "Islam" clothing, jewelry even riding around with a Quran on the dash.
Lots of young women were naming sons "Jihad" too.
The general consensus was dislike for the american govt but no real "hate" for the gen population. Mosques were vibrant and energetic esp around eid.

Now it's like Muslims barely trust eachother. Lines are drawn by race and nationality. Kinda sad

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Bean pies and newspapers

 

[Chichi Manietzsche]

basically

Back when I was a kid my brother used to go to their churches and steal bibles. We got about 40 Qur'ans at my house, aint nobody a fukking Muslim

 

[OfTheCross]

Honestly? I knew a fair amount since my parents weren't from the USA and had a generally more world view about the USA and put me up on game about other beliefs but this was still when the internet wasn't what it was and it was hard to get real time information without essentially reading tomes of information on primary subjects

I just ask because right now it seems like everyone is an expert













Still not a fan of islam though

Where are your parents from, breh?

What religion did y'all practice at home, if any?

 

[jackswstd]

A lot. A few of my best friends in high school were Arab Muslims. Had some black Muslims from Africa as neighbors for about 10 years. I still speak to them and they despise ISIS.

 

[Farrinto]

I just saw them like anyone else. Philly has one of the highest Muslim (or at least black Muslim) populations in the country, so I was always around them. 99% of the barbershops are Muslim I can't even walk around in Center City without some of them trying to sell me body oil

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

my father was a part of the nation of islam way before all that. he was an ansar. i remember being to the cultural center on 98th street and seeing farrakhan speak at the armory on 138th street. i also read various material when i was younger like how to eat to live and books on noble drew ali, a whole bunch of things the so i was familiar with islam

 

[BmoreGorilla]

My mother almost converted to Islam back in the day and keeps a Qua'ran to this day. She found out the dude she was gonna convert with already had daughter after my half sister was born. He converted anyway tho and I grew up with his other kids. Basically I knew quite a bit. A couple of my homeboys are Muslim as well. Everybody I kno is a Sunni. I haven't been around too many NOI but my mother used to have us read the Final Call growing up. I still cop the occasional bean pie from the homie at the intersection

 

[Peter Parker]

I was like 7 so I didn't know anything about any religion

 

[notPsychosiz]

I knew very little about Islam before 9/11.

I mean, I knew who Malcom X was... that sort of thing. But now thanks to 9/11 and research I am up on the filthy jew zionists and their occupation of Palestine. How muslim groups like Hamas and Hezbollah rose up to fight their cac oppressors (much like the Black Panthers did in the US) and how they are labeled terrorists (again like the Panthers) by western cac jew-owned media.



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