Thursday, August 25, 2011
Black From Islam: African American Muslim Defectors (Jalila)
Layla’s inspiration for creating her upcoming film was pure interest.
“I was fascinated by the idea that African Americans who were the descendants of slaves [and] allowed nothing but the slavery-bonded dogma of Christianity, were converting to fundamental Islam and raising their kids culturally un-American, in the middle of American cities,” Layla said. “At 18, this thought blew my mind, and it became, then, a story I planned to uncover.”
Though she began filming in spring 2010, she had the concept for the film for several years and hopes it will interest and inform people.
“[I hope it will] have some influence on ending oppression against girls … Worldwide, girls are kept out of school, forced into sexual servitude, are made slaves to their husbands, etc.,” says Layla.
To see a kickstarter video of the film or to fund, visit
www.kickstarter.com/projects/laylasola/black-from-islam-african-american-women-muslim-def?ref=live
For more information on Layla, visit
www.facebook.com/LaylajSola or
www.ljsola.com
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iSLAM HAS ENSLAVED AFRICANS FOR FOURTEEN CENTURIES, iSLAM HAS CASTRATED MILLIONS OF SLAVES.
iSLAM IS ENSLAVING AFRICANS IN AFRICA.
«While Gordon acknowledges that at times the Islamic version of slavery could be more “humane” than the European colonial version, he provides many facts which point out that the Muslim variety of slavery could be extremely cruel as well.
One particularly brutal practice was the mutilation of young African boys, sometimes no more than 9 or ten years old, to create eunuchs, who brought a higher price in the slave markets of the Middle East. Slave traders often created “eunuch stations” along the major African slave routes where the necessary surgery was performed in unsanitary conditions. Gordon estimates that only one out of every 10 boys subjected to the mutilation actually survived the surgery.
The taking of slaves – in razzias, or raids, on peaceful African villages – also had a high casualty rate. Gordon notes that the typical practice was to conduct a pre-dawn raid on an unsuspecting village and kill off as many of the men and older women as possible. Young women and children were then abducted as the preferred “booty” for the raiders.
Young women were targeted because of their value as concubines or sex slaves in markets. “The most common and enduring purpose for acquiring slaves in the Arab world was to exploit them for sexual purposes,” writes Gordon. “These women were nothing less than sexual objects who, with some limitations, were expected to make themselves available to their owners. . .Islamic law, as already noted, catered to the sexual interests of a man by allowing him to take as many as four wives at one time and to have as many concubines as his purse allowed.” Young women and girls were often “inspected” before purchase in private areas of the slave market by the prospective buyer.» - faithfreedom.org
«Unlike the European nations and the USA, the Arab nations did not abolish African slavery voluntarily out of moral conscience, but due to considerable economic and military pressure applied by the great colonial powers of time, France and Britain. Slavery is still practiced in two Islamic nations: The Sudan and Mauritania.» - faithfreedom.org
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