AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSLIMS' VIEWS ON WAR WITH IRAQ
Feature, Original Broadcast Date: March 28, 2003 (Show #630):
According to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, only 35 percent of African Americans, support America's war with Iraq, with 61 percent opposed. Of all African Americans, the most conflicted may be African American Muslims, who make up about a third of all Muslims in the U.S, and who are still feeling the unease and apprehension in their communities following the events of 9-11. Judy Valente visits the Ephraim-Bahar Islamic Center in Chicago's south side to talk with African-American Muslims about their views on the war, including the belief that Islam is also being attacked. According to DePaul University Islamic scholar Aminah McCloud, "Africa-Americans here see the world very differently from other Americans. They see it as an underdog. There's still lots of racism. They are an oppressed people in may ways, re-fighting battles they thought they had finished with."
Tariq El-Amin
Aminah Mccloud, Professor, DePaul University and Author, "African American Islam"
Nimat Muhammad
Omar Shabazz
Fatimah Shabazz
John Shabazz
Omar Shabazz
Sultan Salahuddin, Imam, Ephraim-Bahar Islamic Center