Why Blackamerican Muslims Don’t Stand for Justice Pt. 3

By the 1980’s “The Dar” and the Islamic Party had completely run out of steam, leaving in their wake a gaping void in the Blackamerican Muslim scene. While there remained some committed brothers (and sisters) who carried the work forward – brothers like Imam Khalid Griggs of Winston-Salem, N.C. (former DC Islamic Party) – there were no Islamic initiatives forthcoming which could project a national vision. At the same time, immigrant Muslims were streaming into the country in larger and larger numbers, and the masjids they (and their movements) established began to take on a new ethnic flavor. The immigrants were not interested in things like community involvement, and generally speaking, were of a much more insular frame of mind. They affected an air of being the “real Muslims“, had more money and education, and began to take the leading role in the American Islamic movement.