Suhaib Webb - Hearing Malcolm's Voice; Hearing Malcom's Silence

Suhaib WebbFebruary 25, 20190 comments

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Anti-Racism Tawheed American Islam Seerah Social Justice Black History Tawbah Leadership

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In this powerful khutbah delivered during Black History Month, Imam Suhaib Webb reflects on the life and legacy of Al-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz (Malcolm X), drawing out spiritual and social lessons from his journey. Webb explores how Malcolm's hardships prepared him for leadership, how his embrace of tawheed rooted social justice in spiritual emancipation, and how his vow of poverty and refusal of foreign money kept his message uncorrupted. The lecture also addresses anti-blackness within the Muslim community, the dangers of the prison industrial complex, and the Islamic imperative not to judge people by their past.

Imam Suhaib Webb is an American scholar who embraced Islam in 1992 in Oklahoma after a youth spent as a hip-hop DJ. He studied under Senegalese Shaykh Muhammad Shareef, memorized the Qur'an, and graduated from Al-Azhar University's College of Shariah in Cairo. He served as imam of major communities including the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) — one of the largest mosques in New England — and as scholar-in-residence institutions in New York and Washington DC. Known for his fluency in both classical scholarship and American culture, he pioneered online Islamic education through virtual mosque platforms and his SWISS institute, and speaks on fiqh, spirituality, and Muslim-American identity.

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