The Stance of Muslims Towards Black People

SHAFAQNA- ​​​​​​​The Islamic ideology looks at human beings equally and encourages its followers to be kind and well-mannered towards members of other tribes, races, and even religions. The Prophet (PBUH & his household) stated, “There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor for a non-Arab over an Arab. Neither is the white superior over the black nor is the black superior over the white, except by piety.“⁽¹⁾ A great example of how this idea is displayed by Muslims is Malcolm X’s life-changing experience, which changed his mind on the nation of Islam, during his Hajj pilgrimage.

He stated, “During the past seven days of this holy pilgrimage, while undergoing the rituals of the Hajj [pilgrimage], I have eaten from the same plate, drank from the same glass, slept on the same bed or rug, while praying to the same God—not only with some of this earth’s most powerful kings, cabinet members, potentates and other forms of political and religious rulers —but also with fellow‐Muslims whose skin was the whitest of white, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, and whose hair was the blondest of blond—yet it was the first time in my life that I didn’t see them as ‘white’ men.

I could look into their faces and see that these didn’t regard themselves as ‘white.’ “Their belief in the Oneness of God (Allah (SWT)) had actually removed the ‘white’ from their minds, which automatically their attitude and behavior toward people of other colors. Their belief in the Oneness of God has actually made them so different from American whites, their outer physical characteristics played no part at all in my mind during all my close associations with them.”