{"id":7108,"date":"2016-09-28T17:55:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T21:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=7108"},"modified":"2016-09-29T10:40:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:40:39","slug":"wemustwin-national-call-empowers-muslims-to-action-for-black-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2016\/09\/wemustwin-national-call-empowers-muslims-to-action-for-black-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"#WeMustWin – National Call Empowers Muslims to Action for Black Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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By Layla Abdullah-Poulos<\/strong><\/p>\n

A profoundly difficult part of being Black in America is struggling with layers of individual, institutional and cultural racism, the need to fight against them and the added requirement that we articulate and justify our struggles to those outside of it. African American Muslims are members of a culture with multiple venues of injustices, a major one being where our racial and religious identities intersect.<\/p>\n

Many outside the African American Muslim culture are usually unaware of or simply devalue ways in which we may become marginalized. This requires a lot of instances where we explain our subjugation while simultaneously resist it, which can be psychologically and emotionally draining.<\/p>\n

Settings addressing the unique and complex placement of African American Muslims are sporadic. Muslim forums rarely address the diverse points of oppression (e.g. systemic racism, anti-Muslim discrimination, etc.) and the damaging effects of relentless occasions of direct discrimination or exposure to the dehumanization, degradation and extermination of their fellow Blacks as well as the targeting of their coreligionists (who may engender anti-Blackness themselves).<\/p>\n

Thus, the opportunity for Black Muslims to congregate and discuss methods of resistance as well dealing with the influence of oppression is precious.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative<\/a> and Sapelo Square<\/a> hosted the #WeMustWin national call. Margari Hill and Su\u2019ad Abdul Khabeer organized the call to generate a space where Muslims can focus on and discuss issues of racism and police brutality, something often overlooked by the broader American Muslim culture.<\/p>\n

The #WeMustWin national call included an array of Black Muslim activists from across the country and various disciplines. Each speaker addressed a nuanced aspect of resistance against the decimation of Black bodies by law enforcement and systemic racism:<\/p>\n