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Sayyid Muhammad Husain Fadlallah, “We Must Think Before We Act”

#shi'a #shiism #islam

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From: African Muslims in antebellum America

Slave owners recognizing the intellect of certain enslaved individuals and giving them power over others was a strategic move to minimize the chance of dissent.

#African American Muslims #enslaved muslims

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From: African Muslims in Antebellum America

#slavery #African American Muslims #enslaved Muslims

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From: The Mediterranean Diet from Ancel Keys to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage. A Pattern of Sustainable Development between Myth and Reality

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Patriarchal gender norms meant female education wasn’t a priority in parts of West Africa. The content and duration of schooling differed as the goal of the school was to train girls to become proper wives. Still, Quranic schools educated more girls than French schools. And high caste girls were educated.

#the walking quran #women and Islam #Quranic schools #French colonial schools

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People of slave caste could not send their kids to be educated because it would signify a transfer of ownership to the teacher, which the slave did not have.

#the walking quran #slavery and islam

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Lower caste people were barred from Islamic education due to racist reasons or perhaps to keep them in a service position given that the ruling ideology was Islam.

#the walking quran #slavery and islam #senegambia

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Did the labor compensation apply to hereditary slaves? Which slaves went to Makkah?

#senegambian slavery #the walking quran #slavery and islam #slavery

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Distinctions in treatment between honorable and dishonorable members of the Wolof community. The construction of their dishonor vis a vis Islam seems to be a more recent phenomenon. So what was their status in society before Islam?

#the walking quran #Wolof #caste

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Corporal punishment and Islamic education. Some are proud of their scars but these abuses are also indefensible.

#the walking quran #almajiranci

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This is just plain false.

#the walking quran #African jihads #Islam in africa

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Cheap bananas

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Cash crops and bananas in Uganda.

#africa is a country #uganda #ugandan bananas

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Bananas in Uganda are very diverse!

#banana republic #africa is a country #biodiversity

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Traditional Quranic schooling in senegambia used a different ordering of the alphabet! I wonder if this was the same in northern Nigeria— although, if it was, it has since shifted to the now standard order.

From: the walking quran

#Islam in Africa #almajiranci #the walking quran

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The intentionality behind Qur’an memorization.

#the walking quran #almajiranci #African islam