For the Ages
Posted on January 20th, 2009 by Tariq Nelson
A great cover from the Nation Magazine (h/t to Jack and Jill) wanted to share it
See this link to match the names with the pictures
Filed under: Politics
A great cover from the Nation Magazine (h/t to Jack and Jill) wanted to share it
See this link to match the names with the pictures
Filed under: Politics
Harvey Milk and Gandhi? Really? Gandhi, perhaps, but he had his skeletons. Harvey Milk I doubt would be in there were it not for the recent film (without even getting into how much gay rights are part of overall civil rights)
Yeah Malcolm X!
ok not to knock anybody on the list but what criteria does John Brown make the list but not Fred Hampton, Kwame Ture or Imam Jamil Al-Amin don’t?
Please don’t anyone get it twisted this is not some plea for validation. It is merely a question.
Though its suprising to see al-Hajj Malik on the list. pretty soon his legacy is going to be so white washed there I’ll be pictures of him with George Washington
BTW,If anyone dosen’t have an thoughtful reply don’t waste time with intellectual fluff like what does it matter yada yada yada
It is already happening. People are trying to graft Malcolm X onto the traditional civil rights movement.
i don’t think because of Malcolm’s audios and words anybody can successful link to him to Civil rights movement anymore then Socialists try to link him to their cause. On a side note it’s disgrace how people destroyed King’s legacy by portraying him a somebody who struggled and died for white people. When in reality he struggled and died for black’s folks dignity and humanity.
Malcolm (rahimahullaah) has to be viewed in the proper perspective. All radical groups world-wide try to claim him and his legacy.
Malcolm did not leave much of an Islaamic legacy, beyond his telling people that all he learned from Elijah was incorrect. Unfortunately he didn’t get to learn much about Islaam before he was killed.
@Duad
Thank you for you have uncovered the truth, that was hidden VERILY you are upon the truth and without you and your authenic statements we would still be blinded thinking he was a Islamic scholar, for certain he was not a scholar he was from the WEST and black, that should have enough but we are ignorant and he certainly did not know the ruling on eating mermaids, your mind is a red ruby no I say RATHER its a shining white diamond amongst the dull black rocks, thank you for reminding us EVERYTIME his name is mentioned that he didn’t know much about Islam. how can we ever repay you for exposing the truth
Also, some might think it controversial and perhaps they might not have a place in the longer time frame, but what about Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice.
And what about (and take these with a grain of salt) Lando Calrissien, Lt Uhuru, Geordie LaForge, Bill Cosby (even though he’s turning into a bit of a dick these days), Richard Pryor……
To Abu Usamah al-Aswad
From what I recall , John Brown was an “Any Means Necessary ” abolitionist. He was convicted of treason and hung or shot , I don’t remember which one. His sons were also killed as a result of Brown’s plot to raid a Federal Arsenal, give the weapons to the enslaved in Virginia and free VIRGINIA ( or Harpers Ferry) from slavery by killing all the slave owners.
I may be incorrect as HIS -STORY can change and I Iast researched John Brown some 18 years ago.
P.S.
John Brown may have murdered some slave owners prior to this somewhere in the mid-west.
I agree with ZeesMom.
John Brown, was a white abolitionist who believed in using violence to end slavery.
When the Kansas Nebraska Act was passed (popular sovereignty - the right of residents whithin the states to vote to allow slavery), many whites pro-slavery moved into Kansas.
John Brown rode into into Kansas and massacred many of them. (Bleeding Kansas)
He was later captured, tried and executed.
John Brown’s act was one of the causes of the Civil War.
@Marisol
Are you on any type of medication? And bothers I’ve known who john brown was since I was 12 and I already know the answer to the question I asked I was just trying to the oppinions of others
Abu Usamah-al Aswad:
My medication is freedom.I I am a free person, also a very inquisitive one, and I boldly go wherever I want to.
I reiterared about John Brown because I wanted the non- Western -Muslims who connect here to see and learn that many whites have fought and died for the freedom of Non-wwhites.
Daud and Co. are clueless about American History and Western History.
Many of you newly converted Muslims have failed to educate your Muslim brothers abroad.
As Westeners your duty is to educate the Muslim world of the good of the Western world, since many out there can only glean the bad and the ugly.
Another thing, I have yet to see a Muslim fighting and defending the rights of non-Muslims.(A Universal human being)
It appears that the Muslim world is incapable of producing historical and human monuments like Mohandas Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, John Brown, Ernesto Che Guevara, etc.etc.
Peace
Marisol,
It appears you have freed yourself from logic.
The “tiny” problem in your logic is that each of the indiviuals were produced under circumstances in which western Christian europeans created the enviroment which necessitated their heroics.
Absent the oppression from the Christian European world, the actions of these and many others fighting and defending the rights of the oppressed would not have even been needed.
And the very sad thing is that these were Christians defending non-white Christians, FROM White Christians.
I don see how listing Christians protecting Christians proves your point.
This was NOT Christians defending non-Christians, so this is a proof against what you are trying to prove, not a proof for you. Now maybe if you had provided examples of Christians defending the rights of non-Christians from Christians, then you may have had a point.
As for my duty, well my duty is to worship Allah alone, and to call you and others to do the same using good speech and good examples.
Abu Usamah-al Aswad:
All I have said is that I have not encountered Muslims who have become universal in their scope.
You seemed to be saying that Islam is a universal religion.There are tenets of universality found in religion that connects us all.
I find it sad that Muslims want our compassion (Gaza,Lebanon,injustice in the States)but are incapable of giving it to non-Muslims.
From your logic you are saying that there was never an instant for Muslims to defend other Muslims from Muslims(Darfur, Arab slave trade-there was never an abolitionist movement in the Arab world) or to even participate in the movements to free non-Mulims or even Muslims.
Che Guevara was no Christian and his fight was global . I wouldn’t call Mandela a Christian.First we need to stop looking at the Western and Muslim worlds in simplistic manners. Both worlds are capable of evil and have done their share of terrible acts.
The sad thing is that Muslims are botching up their duty to call others to worship Allah. For the past fifty years Muslim have become an embarrassment.
It is sad that non-Muslims are forming some of the most negative opinions of your God just by looking at the acts of Muslims. Many believe that because of your acts your belief system is wrong.
It is not just how Muslims treat Muslims. We are always judged by God how we treat everyone.
Peace
Gandhi? You should look up his record of sleeping with a bunch of underage girls in his ashram.