In the Spirit of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth African Americans have been saying that the new black music is terrible for over a century. I was born in 1945, my mother was born in 1916, and her father was a trustee and the choirmaster at the New Chapel BaptistContinue reading “This New Black Music Is Terrible Awful Trash”
Author Archives: lesterknibbs
Anglo-Saxon Britain and African America
In the Spirit of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth The word “England” means “the land of the Angles”. The Angles and the Saxons were two Germanic tribes that conquered the Britons fifteen centuries ago, taking both their land and their name. The original Britons were a people related to theContinue reading “Anglo-Saxon Britain and African America”
Supremacy and Abuse in the White Mind
In the Spirit of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth In the white mind, supremacy is abusive. From the notable historical examples of American history and Nazi Germany to the fictional example in the Star Trek movie “The Wrath of Khan”, racial superiority manifests itself in the abuse of those consideredContinue reading “Supremacy and Abuse in the White Mind”
From Christendom to White Domination — A Preview
In the Spirit of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth In 1415, when Portuguese forces seized the little peninsula, known as Ceuta, on the north coast of Morocco, the Portuguese did not see themselves as pursuing “white power”, they saw themselves as extending Christian power. Crossing over the Straits of Gibraltar meantContinue reading “From Christendom to White Domination — A Preview”
A Serious Life — Invocation and Gratitude
In the Spirit of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth The praise belongs to Allah, who created each and every one of us, nurtures us, and protects us. I thank Allah for blessing me with a life of purpose, a serious life, a life full of challenges to overcome, knowing thatContinue reading “A Serious Life — Invocation and Gratitude”
Ash-Shams is Feminine
With the Name of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth Ash-shams (the sun) is gramatically feminine. Suurat-ash-Shams (the suurah entitled “The Sun”) begins with these two aayaat: وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا wash–shamsi wa-duhaahaa wal-qamari idhaa talaahaa I copied the following translations from https://legacy.quran.com/91 and from https://quran.com/91, except for the last,Continue reading “Ash-Shams is Feminine”
Music Is Not Forbidden by the Qur’an
In the Spirit of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth Music is not forbidden by the Qur’an. I have read the entire Qur’an many times. It’s not there. I read a small book claiming that the Qur’an forbids music. The ayah quoted in the book (Qur’an 31:6) is not about music.Continue reading “Music Is Not Forbidden by the Qur’an”
War Music
With the Name of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam (“NOI”) for over 40 years, told his followers not to listen to jazz, that jazz was not our music, and that we should listen to European classical music, which our Black Muslim BrothersContinue reading “War Music”
distraught spouse
I feel like a distraught spouse exhausted by people — especially Muslims — trying to accept, modify, critique the values and standards of this confused and hypocritical society without embracing the values and standards established for us by Allah and his messenger. The numbers. We come of age according to the clock that Allah hasContinue reading “distraught spouse”
charger
With the Name of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth This story goes along with a track on my CD of piano improvisations, Inner Voices. The CD is available through my web site (doctorhakeem.com) or from eBay. The title of the track is the same, “charger”. I suggest that you listenContinue reading “charger”
Which Way Is Up? 