Brother Habib, thanks for your comments.  Like yourself, Yus and others, I
would not and did not say that Arabs are devils.  What I commented on was
the treatment of Africans by the Crusaders and the Almoravids.  Same as I
would with the Afrikaner's treatment of Africans during Apartheid, Indians
with the "Untouchables", White Australians of the Yarakala people
(Africans), White America's treatment of African-Americans in this country,
and Jammeh and others' treatment of their fellow Africans.  I hope you do
not believe that by us discussing what was done to Africans, including you,
that we are preaching hate.  Not at all.  Moreover, my comments were more
directed to the issue of Bilal and how he should receive equal treatment
like all other followers of the Prophet in the interest of equality.  If he
is treated any less, then we need to see it for what it is.  The world is
where it is today because of what happened yesterday, and I am merely
revisiting the history of our experience as a people.  Thanks for reasoning
with me.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Habib Ghanim <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Excerpt from Islam's Black Slaves:The other Black Diaspora
>Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:24:02 +0000
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