#MuslimsAtStandingRock Indigenous Peoples’ Day Panel
Join Lakota, Diné, K’iche Spanish speaking Indigenous, and mixed African American-Indigenous Muslims as they discuss identity, Indigenous Rights, systemic racism, and Muslim solidarity at Indigenous People’s Day at Sacred Stone Camp. Hosted … Continue reading
Part of the Problem: Rationalizing Aversion to Black Muslims
By Layla Abdullah-Poulos In the article Let’s Talk About Colorblindness and Racism in The Mosque, Nzinga Muhammad outlines the dual forms of societal and intra-Muslim racism to which Black Muslims … Continue reading
NbA Black Muslims #WeMustWin National Call
By Layla Abdullah-Poulos On 9/23/16, the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaboration and Sapelo Square co-sponsored the #WeMustWin national call. Organized by Margari Hill and Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, the main purpose of the … Continue reading
MuslimARC National Call for Muslims to #SupportStandingRock
NbA Muslims Muslims from across the United States and Canada participated in a national conversation to share ideas on how American Muslims can support the efforts by Native Americans to … Continue reading
MuslimARC Privilege and Allyship Workshop at NYU
Allies with limited knowledge about the circumstances of those marginalized can impede progress. Join NbA Muslims project manager Layla Abdullah-Poulos for the MuslimARC Privilege and Allyship workshop to discuss the … Continue reading
#nbamuslims500: NbA Black Muslims take the So Gone Challenge
By Layla Abdullah-Poulos, project manager Social media is plentiful with “challenges” started for a variety of reasons. Some like the Ice Bucket Challenge start to raise awareness. Others like the … Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: The Packing House – Monsters are real
Review by Layla Abdullah-Poulos THE PACKING HOUSE By G. Donald Cribbs $16.95, 286 pp, Paper Originally published in Book/Mark We wonder at monsters and their tantalizing effects on our sensibilities … Continue reading
#nbamuslims 500: Supporting Fighters for Social Justice
By Layla Abdullah-Poulos While reading online articles, watching video clips, and scrolling through social media, it is easy for us to forget that resistance against oppression and the struggle for … Continue reading
Native-born American Muslims 