Sunday, May 27, 2007

Rise in black Muslims since 911


PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Allahu Akbar, the Muslim call for prayer, rings out on a recent Friday and a group of black men and women gather to celebrate the Islamic day of rest.

The wooden house in Pittsburgh's rundown Homewood neighborhood looks like any other on the block. But the sign at the door, Masjid Mumin, and the rows of shoes lined up inside on gray, plastic shelves hint of the brand of Sunni Islam its members practice.

The mosque is one of seven in Pittsburgh, home to a vibrant community of about 8,000 to 10,000 Sunni Muslims -- some 30 percent of them black.

Following what appears to be a trend in cities nationwide, religious leaders in Pittsburgh say there has been a rise in black conversions to Sunni Islam since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What this article doesn't tell you is even worse. Most of them are Salafi/Wahabbi Muslims. How do I know this? Because the Saudis support our Muslim Clerics, and that is the ones they support.