Comments on: The Disease of Racism — Curable http://engagemn.com/2008/03/20/the-disease-of-racism-curable/ A voice for Minnesotan Muslims Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: zainib ahmad http://engagemn.com/2008/03/20/the-disease-of-racism-curable/#comment-118 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:00:02 +0000 http://engagemn.com/2008/03/20/the-disease-of-racism-curable/#comment-118 Excellent article, JazakAllah! These issues are extemely important. As a Pakistani I have heard many of my friends unconsiously speak of African-American or Chinese people in unfavorable terms. These are things that we learnt while growing up in Pakistan where the society is not so diverse. I think each and every one of us needs to examine his or her responses and reactions, and to embrace the brotherhood that Islam teaches us.

]]> By: Zafar Siddiqui http://engagemn.com/2008/03/20/the-disease-of-racism-curable/#comment-116 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:04:40 +0000 http://engagemn.com/2008/03/20/the-disease-of-racism-curable/#comment-116 This is a great article and very timely too. When the whole country seems to be riveted to the racism factor in the elections, this article comes as a whiff of fresh air.

I would like to quote Malcolm X (Al Hajj Malik Al-Shabaaz) who said:

“America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white, but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all together, irrespective of their color.”

It’s high time, people pay attention to Malcolm’s words in today’s fractious world.

]]> By: Marcia Lynx Qualey (Umm Is'haq) http://engagemn.com/2008/03/20/the-disease-of-racism-curable/#comment-115 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:02:30 +0000 http://engagemn.com/2008/03/20/the-disease-of-racism-curable/#comment-115 Tamim, I really like your auto-immune metaphor.

If only we devoted as much time to curing racism (surely a disease that maims and kills millions) as we do to curing other auto-immune disorders, such as the ones you listed above.

Also a very timely reminder with everything that’s going on in the presidential race….

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