The “I’m Just a Muslim” Muslim, Pt 1

It has been quite gratifying for me to see that over the past few months, the long over due discussion surrounding the unequal and unhealthy relationship existing between Blackamerican Muslims and the immigrant Muslim community has begun. It was observed that over the course of time Blackamerican Muslims, for reasons that I have attempted to identify in other writings, were relegated to a second class status in the Muslim community of their own country. I would like to examine in this hopefully short series what I believe to be the most crucial factor explaining this lop-sided relationship, and what must be done to rectify it.