CATHOLIC DON: MUHAMMAD IS FIRST ANTI-RACIST
Islamic expert debunks sociologist's myths about Islam
by Jules Gomes • ChurchMilitant.com • July 29, 2020
"HOUSTON, Texas (ChurchMilitant.com) - A popular Catholic sociologist is extolling the founder of Islam as the first anti-racist in history — a narrative gaining traction in the wake of the Black Lives Matter upheaval.
"I am deeply inspired by the anti-racism of prophet Muhammad," says Dr. Craig Considine, as he "dismantled the covert, overt and the systematic racism around him."
Considine, described as a "scholar, global speaker, media contributor and public intellectual" at the Department of Sociology at Rice University, Houston, presents himself as an intrepid Catholic apologist for Islam.
Muhammad was the "first person in human history to declare, in no uncertain terms, that no person is above another by virtue of race or ethnicity," claims Considine in a video for the pro-Islamic Emir-Stein Center, named after Algeria's Muslim founder Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi and St. Edith Stein — Jewish convert, nun and martyr.
Considine's six-minute video promoting Islam as an anti-racist religion bases its arguments on the story of Bilal ibn Rabah — a "black" convert to Islam whom Muhammad appointed as a muezzin — to use his "melodious voice" to call Muslims to prayer.
"For some, his blackness made him unfit for such an honor," remarks Considine. When Muhammad's companion Abu Dharr called Bilal "son of a black woman," Islam's prophet rebuked him for his "ignorance."
Considine concludes that Muhammad identified Abu Dharr's "ignorance" as "rooted in the misguided view that a person's race reflects his or her moral character or social status."
The sociologist cites Muhammad's last sermon (632 A.D.), where Islam's prophet declared all mankind to be "descended from Adam and Eve."
Hence, Muhammad preached: "An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, and a non-Arab has no superiority over an Arab. A white person has no superiority over a black person, nor a black person has any superiority over a white person, except by piety and good action."
"Are Muslims aware that Islam is the most racist and prejudicial doctrine ever?" Dr. Abu Ali, Islamic expert asked Church Militant, disabusing Considine's example of Bilal in the context of the George Floyd riots.
"The idea that Islam ought to be upheld as an example of racial tolerance and social justice — of ethics, human rights and the freedom of religion — is, at best, absurd," Ali emphasized. "If this claim is not deceitful, at the very least it is grossly misinformed."
Ali cites a hadith (authoritative tradition) where Muhammad warns Muslims to "be careful in choosing mates for your offspring and beware of marrying the Zanj [black-skinned African person], for he is a distorted creature."
Although some Islamic apologists "regard this hadith as weak, despite its obvious racism, they have not removed it from the hadith sources. Rather, it is mentioned in more than 23 Islamic references, as per the narration of Aisha and Muhammad's companion Anas ibn Malik," Ali maintains.
"When the Messenger of Islam says that the Zanj are distorted creatures, he not only insults black-skinned people, but, also and most importantly, he despises the Creator Himself!" Ali argues."
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Church Militant is on Fire today!
It seems that so many truly have no idea what we are dealing
with or they are agents of the Vatican pretending to be anon
Imagine being here pretending to be Anon yet with zero
understanding of the nature of the beast you are hunting!
It was always the custom of the Empire to mix or blend
the customs of the Empire with the customs of the conquered
It is not like their "Religion" was anything special anyways
so they could easily adapt/adopt, mix and match their "Gods"
with the "Gods" of the nations that they conquered so everyone
could get back to work/war fighting for the Empire
Who wants to take over a nation only to have internal strife
make it a liability when subtle religious maneuvers would
prevent this?
This is the opposite of divide and conquer
This is Infiltration>Assimilation instead of Invasion tactics
Islam is not taking over the Vatican
The Vatican is attempting to Assimilate Islam
Or have they already and this is them announcing it?!
Oh I know that all you see is what appears to be the opposite
and that Islam appears to be taking over America
Nothing is as it seems at least initially and you should know
this by now.